Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 700 - Insurance Licensing › Chapter 6 - Bail Bond Agents and Surety Recovery Agents › Section 20 CSR 700-6.160 - Continuing Education for Bail Bond Agents, General Bail Bond Agents and Surety Recovery Agents

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes procedures with regard
				  to the continuing education requirements contained in sections
				  374.710
				  and
				  374.784,
				  RSMo.
(1) As used in this
				rule, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(A) "Approved course"-means an educational
				presentation offered in a class, seminar, self-study, or other form of
				instruction involving state and federal laws related to the bail bond industry,
				law enforcement, surety contract principles, procedures related to the
				apprehension of prisoners, procedures for field operations, principles of
				investigation, or other related areas approved by the director;
(B) "CEC"-means continuing education credit
				for licensed bail bond agents, general bail bond agents, and surety recovery
				agents;
(C) "Classroom"-means an
				area designated for instructional purposes;
(D) "Bail Bond Agent, General Bail Bond
				Agent, and Surety Recovery Agent Continuing Education Certificate of Course
				Completion"-means a form provided by the director and completed by the
				authorized provider representative of an approved course which signifies
				satisfactory completion of the course and reflects the hours of credit
				earned;
(E) "Bail Bond Agent,
				General Bail Bond Agent, and Surety Recovery Agent Continuing Education
				Certification Summary"-means a form provided by the director and completed by
				the licensee which documents compliance with the continuing education
				requirements in section
				374.710,
				RSMo;
(F) "Bail Bond Agent, General
				Bail Bond Agent, and Surety Recovery Agent Continuing Education Provider
				Application for Course Approval"-means a form provided by the director and
				completed by the course provider which requests approval of a continuing
				education course from the director;
(G) "Affidavit of Bail Bond Agent, General
				Bail Bond Agent, and Surety Recovery Agent Exam Proctor"-means a form which can
				be accessed at the department's website at
http://www.insurance.mo.gov
,
				or at the department, to be completed by the exam proctor of an exam taken by
				the licensee to complete the requirements for credit for a self-study
				course;
(H) Exam proctor-a
				disinterested third party of at least eighteen (18) years of age, who has no
				corporate, employment, personal relationship, or other interest in the
				licensee's performance on the examination;
(I) Teleconference course-a live interactive
				broadcast that is transmitted via satellite or other electronic
				means;
(J) Credit hour-constitutes
				fifty (50) minutes of uninterrupted instruction during an approved course.
				Partial hours of credit are not allowed;
(K) Director-the director of the Department
				of Commerce and Insurance or their designee;
(L) Licensee-a person who is licensed by the
				department as a bail bond agent, general bail bond agent, or surety recovery
				agent;
(M) Self-study course-any
				course completed by a licensee using books, recorded audio, videotapes,
				computer programs, Internet rebroadcast of a taped event, or any other medium
				of instruction without the presence of an instructor or monitor.