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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 31.03.02.08" title_num="31" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="02" heading="Submission of Courses for Approval.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A provider shall submit to the Commissioner:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A fully completed course approval package consisting of the following forms provided by the Commissioner;</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Request for approval of continuing education course,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Course coordinator information,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Course instructor information and approval form,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Certificate of course completion, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Checklist of items that must accompany the course approval package;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A statement of the educational objectives;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A full and detailed description of the course content including the amount of time allotted to each subject covered by the course on an hour-by-hour basis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>All course materials, including textbooks, written materials in place of textbooks, course syllabus, policy forms, and any other items used by the instructor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Promotional materials; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A statement of the refund policy, which shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Full refund of course fees due to cancellation by the sponsor; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The refund policy when the licensed insurance producer:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Withdraws from the course before commencement, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Fails to complete the course after it has commenced; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>If the Commissioner contracts with a vendor to review continuing education courses, the fee charged by the vendor.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The provider shall submit a course approval package to the Commissioner as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A course previously approved in another state or jurisdiction that has adopted the “NAIC Uniform Declaration Regarding Continuing Education Reciprocity Course Approval Guidelines” shall be submitted using the NAIC Uniform Continuing Education Reciprocity Course Filing Form at least 30 days before the first date on which the course is to be taught; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A course that has not been previously approved in a state that has adopted the “NAIC Uniform Declaration Regarding Continuing Education Reciprocity Course Approval Guidelines” shall be submitted at least 45 days before the first date on which the course is to be taught.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall notify the provider in writing of a course approval and the period of time of the approval, which shall be from the date of the approval until the second anniversary of the date the course was approved.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A provider may offer only a course approved by the Commissioner.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>