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 “provider,” as that term is used in sections 385.300 to 385.320 RSMo, shall register with the director by completing and filing an application for service contract provider registration. Effective January 1, 2008, each provider is required to register at the following times:

   1. (A) Before issuing any “service contract,” as that term is used in section 385.300, RSMo, unless such issuance occurs in January 2008, in which case registration must occur between January 1 and February 1 of 2008; and
   2. (B) Annually thereafter between January 1 and February 1.
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 a recommended, but not mandatory, 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 Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration, 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 Supp. 2007.* Original rule filed Jan. 29, 2008, effective Sept. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 385.318, RSMo 2007.