(a) Content approval. The following procedure shall be followed in the review of beginning and continuing education course outlines:

1. (1) All outlines for beginning and continuing education shall be submitted to State Board of Private Career Education for review and recommendation to the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board;
2. (2) Properly completed course outlines for currently approved schools must be received by the first working day in September by State Board of Private Career Education for consideration by the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board no later than December;
3. (3) Schools seeking first time approval for course outlines shall submit the appropriate forms for committee review, State Board of Private Career Education, and Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board approval prior to offering the class;
4. (4) Revisions to currently approved outlines will be considered as needed; and

5. (5) The committee will review the proposed course outlines and revisions and will rate them as recommend for:

   1. (A) Approval. Outlines receiving committee recommendation will be forwarded to the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board for consideration;
   2. (B) Conditional approval.

(i) Providers submitting outlines, which receive a rating of conditional approval by the committee will be given an opportunity to correct the deficiencies cited.

1. (ii) Failure to correct the deficiencies, or to meet the deadline for correcting the deficiencies, will result in the outline being recommended to the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board for disapproval;

   1. (C) Disapproval. Those outlines receiving committee recommendation for disapproval will be forwarded to the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board for consideration.

(b) Reporting requirements.

1. (1) Attendance list shall be submitted to the Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board within two (2) weeks of course completion.

2. (2)

   1. (A) Students who have satisfactorily completed a course shall be awarded a certificate of attendance.

   2. (B) The following information must be on the certificate:

      1. (i) Name of school;
      2. (ii) Name of student;
      3. (iii) License number, if licensed;
      4. (iv) Course title;
      5. (v) Course location;
      6. (vi) Course date or dates;
      7. (vii) Number of classroom hours of instruction;
      8. (viii) Instructor's signature; and
      9. (ix) Size of certificate shall be eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (8 1/2" x 11").

3. (3) Approval for course outlines will expire on December 31 following the year in which issued.

   1. (c) Bail bondsman general requirements.

4. (1)

   1. (A) No more than twenty-five percent (25%) or one hundred (100) minutes of an eight (8) prelicense class can be presented by a panel discussion or by a guest speaker or speakers.
   2. (B) An instructor registered with the State Board of Private Career Education shall be present in the classroom when education is being offered by panel discussion or guest speaker or speakers.
5. (2) Time devoted to breakfasts, luncheons, and/or dinners offered during a class cannot be counted as education.
6. (3) No more than one hundred twenty (120) continuous minutes of education may be offered without a minimum ten-minute break.
7. (4) A registered instructor shall determine satisfactory completion of a program.
8. (5) The instructor or school official has the authority to set classroom procedures regarding phones, pagers, smoking, etc.
9. (6) According to Arkansas Code § 17-19-402(b)(1), “The Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board or its designee shall establish a schedule of fees to be paid by each bail bondman for the educational training. (2) Such schedule of fees shall be subject to approval of the board.”
10. (7) The instructor or school official has the authority to ask for photo identification of any person to determine that the correct person attends.