Section 760IAC1-50-4. Application requirements

   (a) Any:

(1) individual;

(2) insurance company;

(3) insurance trade association;

(4) insurance producer association;

(5) accredited college; or

(6) insurance education institution;

may submit continuing education courses for approval by the commissioner.

  (b) Course information must be submitted on an application form that may be obtained from the Department of Insurance, 311 West Washington Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2787. The application form is adopted by reference.

  (c) A completed application form shall be submitted to the Continuing Education Program, c/o Indiana Department of Insurance, 311 West Washington Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2787.

  (d) The application form shall be submitted at least sixty (60) days before the date of the continuing education course.

  (e) A provider may advertise a continuing education course after submission to the department but before its approval; however, the provider must clearly indicate in any advertisement of the course that course approval is pending.

  (f) A nonrefundable processing fee in the amount of forty dollars ($40) per course, or a yearly fee in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for all courses, shall be submitted to the department along with a completed application form.

  (g) Videotaped, Internet, and satellite broadcast programs may be approved for continuing education credit.

  (h) Each educational segment within a convention program or an association annual meeting shall be submitted individually for continuing education credit.

  (i) Applications for continuing education course approval shall be presented to the advisory council. The advisory council shall review each application and make a recommendation to the commissioner on whether the course should be approved and the number of credit hours to be awarded. The department shall notify the provider in writing when the commissioner approves or disapproves a continuing education course.

  (j) Course approval is valid for two (2) years from the date of the commissioner's approval. Thereafter, the course must be resubmitted for approval under this section. (Department of Insurance; 760 IAC 1-50-4; filed Feb 23, 1993, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 1825; filed Nov 4, 1999, 10:12 a.m.: 23 IR 573; filed Dec 12, 2003, 10:30 a.m.: 27 IR 1569; filed Jan 5, 2005, 9:33 a.m.: 28 IR 1482; readopted filed Nov 24, 2010, 9:17 a.m.: 20101222-IR-760100633RFA)