Authority: IC 27-19-1-4; IC 27-19-4-1; IC 27-19-4-11

Affected: IC 27-19-4-11

Sec. 1. (a) A program shall not provide navigator precertification education unless the program is certified as a navigator precertification education program.

(b) Approval of a navigator precertification education program shall require the following:

1. (1) Submission of an application to the department on a form provided by the department.
2. (2) Payment of a nonrefundable application fee as determined by the commissioner.
3. (3) Approval by the commissioner.
4. (4) Compliance with the qualifications set forth under section 2 of this rule.

(c) The commissioner's approval of a navigator precertification education program shall be valid for two (2) years from the date of application approval or approval of the most recent renewal application.

(d) In order to renew the commissioner's approval of a navigator precertification education program, the approved program director shall submit no later than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the program's approval, the following:

1. (1) A renewal application on a form provided by the department.
2. (2) A nonrefundable renewal application fee as determined by the commissioner.

(e) If program material is modified, altered, or changed from the program material approved at the time of the most recent approved application, the modified, altered, or changed material shall be submitted for review no later than thirty (30) days from the modification, alteration, or change, or with the renewal application, whichever occurs first.

(f) If a navigator precertification education program seeks to modify, alter, or change the program material indicated and approved at the time of the program's most recent certification application, the approved program director shall submit the following to the department on a form provided by the department:

1. (1) An application for modification, alteration, or change of program material.
2. (2) A nonrefundable fee, as determined by the commissioner, for the application for modification, alteration, or change of program material.

(Department of Insurance; 760 IAC 4-8-1; filed Jun 10, 2016, 1:21 p.m.: 20160706-IR-760150033FRA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2022, 11:39 a.m.: 20221228-IR-760220302RFA)