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<chapter num="09" heading="Consolidated Service Center Employee Training and Permit Standards" title_num="14" subtitle_num="35">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter sets forth the qualifications, training, and permit standards for an individual who applies to receive a Consolidated Service Center enrollment permit for the Individual Exchange and is required under Insurance Article, §31-113.1(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, to hold an Individual Exchange enrollment permit.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Administration” means Maryland Insurance Administration.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Commissioner” means the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Consolidated Service Center” or “CSC” has the meaning stated in Insurance Article, §31-101(c-2), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Exchange” has the meaning stated in Insurance Article, §31-101(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Individual Exchange” has the meaning stated in Insurance Article, §31-101(h), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Eligibility Requirements.">
    <text>To qualify for an Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit, an applicant shall meet the requirements set forth under Insurance Article, §31-113.1(c)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Application Procedures.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In order to obtain an Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit, the applicant shall submit to the Exchange all required materials set forth under COMAR 14.35.02.03A.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Exchange may not consider an application to be complete until it has received all required materials.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>If the application is not completed with all required materials within 45 days after the Exchange receives the signed application form, the Exchange may consider the application withdrawn.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Training Requirements.">
    <text>In order to obtain an Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit, an individual shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Complete the training program specified under Insurance Article, §31-113(k), Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 14.35.02.04A; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Successfully pass the examination specified under COMAR 14.35.02.04D.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="General Permit Requirements.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Term. An Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit expires 2 years after the date it is issued unless it is renewed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Renewal. A CSC employee holding an Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit shall apply for renewal of the permit in accordance with the requirements set forth under COMAR 14.35.03.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Suspension or Revocation.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The Commissioner may suspend or revoke an Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit for the reasons listed under Insurance Article, §31-113(l)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>An Individual Exchange CSC enrollment permit is no longer valid upon an individual’s voluntary or involuntary termination from employment or engagement by the Consolidated Services Center.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Insurance Article, §§31-106(c)(1)(iv) and 31-113.1, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: June 8, 2015 (42:11 Md. R. 725)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06C repealed effective June 15, 2020 (47:12 Md. R. 597)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>