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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 14.35.03.02" title_num="14" subtitle_num="35" chapter_num="03" heading="Renewal.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Notice.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At least 60 days before the expiration of an Individual Exchange navigator certification, the Exchange shall notify the Individual Exchange navigator, either directly at the address, including email address, on file with the Exchange, or by contacting the navigator entity by whom the Individual Exchange navigator is employed or engaged, of the expiration date of an Individual Exchange navigator certification.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The notification shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A renewal application;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date by which the Exchange must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued before the certification expires; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The amount of the renewal fee, if any.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Eligibility for Renewal. An Individual Exchange navigator certification may be renewed for an additional 2-year term if the holder:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is otherwise entitled to receive Individual Exchange navigator certification, in accordance with the eligibility requirements set forth in COMAR 14.35.02.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Files a renewal application on the form provided by the Exchange either by mail or electronically before expiration of the certification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pays to the Exchange a renewal fee if permitted by law and in the manner specified by the Exchange; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Has completed the Exchange annual training and the continuing education requirements under §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Continuing Education. A certified Individual Exchange navigator shall complete at least 16 hours of Exchange-approved continuing education per renewal term.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Annual Training.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Exchange shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Schedule the Continuing Education Training on an annual basis; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Notify certified Individual Exchange navigators of the annual training.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A certified Individual Exchange navigator shall complete the annual training, including any examination, within 60 days before the open enrollment period during each year of the certification term, including any renewal term.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>