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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 14.35.05.02" title_num="14" subtitle_num="35" chapter_num="05" heading="Renewal.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Notice.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At least 60 days before the expiration of an insurance producer authorization, the Exchange shall notify the authorized insurance producer of the expiration of the authorization.</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 authorization 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 insurance producer authorization may be renewed for an additional 2-year term if the holder:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is otherwise entitled to receive insurance producer authorization, in accordance with the eligibility requirements set forth in COMAR 14.35.04.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Files a renewal application on the form provided by the Exchange before the expiration of the authorization;</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;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Completes the annual training requirements set forth in COMAR 14.35.04.04; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Is not denied by the Exchange for reasons set forth under §E of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Exchange Annual Training.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Exchange shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Schedule the Exchange Annual Training; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Notify authorized insurance producers of the annual training.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Authorized insurance producers shall complete the annual training, including any examination, within 60 days before the open enrollment period.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Timely Receipt of Application:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Before the date of expiration of the authorization, a holder of an insurance producer authorization shall complete and return to the Exchange a renewal application and a renewal fee according to the renewal instructions.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A holder of an expired insurance producer authorization may not sell qualified plans in the SHOP Exchange or Individual Exchange.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Denial.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Exchange may deny a renewal application if the insurance producer has:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Committed any act described in Insurance Article, §31-113(l)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Had any professional license or certification suspended or revoked for a fraudulent or dishonest practice.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Denial of a renewal application is subject to the contested case hearing provisions of State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>