1. A. A license as an adjuster shall expire two (2) years from the month of original issuance of the license or subsequent renewal of the license.

2. B. Any licensee applying for renewal of a license as an adjuster shall have completed not less than twelve (12) clock hours of continuing insurance education within the previous twenty-four (24) months prior to renewal of the license. Such continuing education shall cover subjects in the classes of insurance for which the adjuster is licensed. Such continuing education shall not include a written or oral examination. The Insurance Commissioner shall approve courses and providers of continuing education for insurance adjusters as required by this section.

   1. 1. Employees of the Insurance Commissioner;
   2. 2. A continuing education advisory committee. The continuing education advisory committee is separate and distinct from the Advisory Board established by Section 6221 of this title;
   3. 3. An independent service whose normal business activities include the review and approval of continuing education courses and providers. The Commissioner may negotiate agreements with such independent service to review documents and other materials submitted for approval of courses and providers and present the Commissioner with its nonbinding recommendation. The Commissioner may require such independent service to collect the fee charged by the independent service for reviewing materials provided for review directly from the course providers.

   The Insurance Department may use one or more of the following to review and provide a nonbinding recommendation to the Insurance Commissioner on approval or disapproval of courses and providers of continuing education:

3. C. An adjuster who, during the time period prior to renewal, participates in an approved professional designation program shall be deemed to have met the biennial requirement for continuing education. Course curriculum for the program shall total a minimum of twenty (20) hours. Each approved professional designation program included in this section shall be reviewed for quality and compliance every three (3) years in accordance with standardized criteria promulgated by rule. Continuation of approved status is contingent upon the findings of the review. The list of professional designation programs approved under this subsection shall be made available to producers and providers annually.
4. D. The Insurance Department may promulgate rules providing that courses or programs offered by specified professional associations shall qualify for presumptive continuing education credit approval. The rules shall include standardized criteria for reviewing the professional associations’ mission, membership, and other relevant information, and shall provide a procedure for the Department to disallow all or part of a presumptively approved course. Professional association courses approved in accordance with this subsection shall be reviewed every three (3) years to determine whether they continue to qualify for continuing education credit.
5. E. The active service of a licensed adjuster as a member of a continuing education advisory committee, as described in paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section, shall be deemed to qualify for continuing education credit on an hour-for-hour basis.
6. F. Subject to the right of the Commissioner to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license of an adjuster, any such license may be renewed by filing on the form prescribed by the Commissioner on or before the expiration date a written request by or on behalf of the licensee for such renewal and proof of completion of the continuing education requirement set forth in subsection B of this section, accompanied by payment of the renewal fee.
7. G. If the request, proof of compliance with the continuing education requirement and fee for renewal of a license as an adjuster are filed with the Commissioner prior to the expiration of the existing license, the licensee may continue to act pursuant to said license, unless revoked or suspended prior to the expiration date, until the issuance of a renewal license or until the expiration of ten (10) days after the Commissioner has refused to renew the license and has mailed notice of said refusal to the licensee. Any request for renewal filed after the date of expiration may be considered by the Commissioner as an application for a new license.

Laws 1973, HB 1147, c. 178, § 17; Amended by Laws 1983, HB 1341, c. 129, § 16, eff. November 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1364, c. 258, § 10, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 1169, c. 376, § 1; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 650, c. 164, § 1, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 108, c. 353, § 46, eff. November 1, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1214, c. 33, § 34, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2007, HB 1960, c. 125, § 29, emerg. eff. July 1, 2007 (superseded document available).