- (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall assign the number of continuing education hours for which approved courses qualify.
(b) Key components. Filings must include and clearly demonstrate:
(1) Material that:
- (A) Is current, relevant, and accurate; and
- (B) Includes valid:
(i) Reference materials;
(ii) Graphics; and
- (iii) Interactivity;
- (2) Clearly defined objectives and course completion criteria;
- (3) Specific instructions to register, navigate, and complete the course work;
- (4) Technical support/provider representative available during business hours;
- (5) Process to authenticate student identity; and
(6) Method for measuring the student's successful completion of course material and for evaluating the learning experience.
- (c) Acceptable procedures to determine appropriate number of credit hours. Select and file one (1) of three (3) methods below per course:
(1) Method A:
- (A) Six hundred (600) to seven hundred (700) words (standard font size) = one (1) text page;
- (B) Textbooks/workbooks/other printed material = one (1) credit for every fifteen (15) pages;
- (C) Three (3) screens with an aggregate total of approximately six hundred (600) to seven hundred (700) words = one (1) text page;
- (D) Forty-five (45) screens = one (1) hour of credit;
- (E) Divide total screens by forty-five (45) = total number of credit hours; and
- (F) Multiply number of hours by one (1) for a basic level course, one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) for an intermediate level, and one and five-tenths (1.5) for an advanced course for additional study time = total number of credit hours (fractional hours rounded up if five-tenths (.5) or above and rounded down if forty-nine hundredths (.49) or less);
(2) Method B:
- (A) Divide total number of words by one hundred eighty (180) (documented average reading time) = number of minutes to read material;
- (B) Divide number of minutes by fifty (50) = credit hours;
- (C) Multiply number of hours by one (1) for a basic level course, one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) for an intermediate level, and one and five-tenths (1.5) for an advanced course for additional study time = total number of credit hours (fractional hours rounded up if five-tenths (.5) or above and rounded down if forty-nine hundredths (.49) or less);
(3) Method C — Oral presentations:
- (A) Providers may use the timed outline method for speeches and other oral presentations intended for continuing education credits; and
(B) Providers should file a detailed description of the proposed subject of the program or course, including a:
- (i) Timed course outline;
- (ii) List of any resource materials; and
- (iii) List of:
- (a) (a) Speakers;
(b) (b) Instructors; or
- (c) (c) Proctors.