PURPOSE: This rule effectuates the provisions of sections 385.300 to 385.320, RSMo, regarding the registration of all service contract providers in this state.

1. (1) Each service contract provider shall register with the director on a form provided by the director, prior to issuing any service contracts and annually thereafter between January 1 and February 1 of each year by completing and filing an application for service contract provider registration.
2. (2) Each completed and filed application for registration must be accompanied by payment of a registration fee of three hundred dollars ($300).
3. (3) Copies of the application for service contract provider registration form, are available at the department’s office, at the department website, www.insurance.mo.gov, or by mailing a written request to the Department of Commerce and Insurance, PO Box 690, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
4. (4) For purposes of this rule and rule 20 CSR 200-18.020, the term “provider” refers only to the party that is contractually obligated to provide service under a service contract. Such term does not refer to an administrator or seller of the product that is not so obligated.

AUTHORITY: section 385.318, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Jan. 29, 2008, effective Sept. 30, 2008. Amended: Filed Jan. 8, 2019, effective July 30, 2019. Non-substantive change filed Sept. 11, 2019, published Oct. 31, 2019.

*Original authority: 385.318, RSMo 2007.