T he provider of a continuing education course is responsible for seeking course approval, monitoring an agent's attendance, supervising the course, and certifying a licensee's successful completion of the course. The provider shall maintain a record of all continuing education offered for two years. The provider shall electronically apply to the director for course approval at least forty-five days in advance of the scheduled date of the course. The forty-five days are calculated from the date of submission . In addition to the application fee pursuant to SDCL 58-2-29 , the request for course approval must include the following information:

1. (1) The provider's name, provider identification number, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and website address;
2. (2) The name of the sponsoring organization, if there is one in addition to the provider. The sponsoring organization may be a national professional association, local or state chapter or affiliate of a national professional organization, an insurance company, or a similar organization;
3. (3) The course title;
4. (4) The address and phone number for each course location, unless the course is a self-study course;
5. (5) The dates of the course offering;
6. (6) The difficulty classification of the course;
7. (7) The number of CEC hours requested, including either the number of course contact or classroom hours or the number of self-study hours, or both;
8. (8) A course outline listing and summarizing each topic covered in the course. The instructor's outline may also be included. A list of topics covered, with no other details, is not an acceptable course outline. If substantial changes have been made, including the addition of new topic content, in a course that has received prior approval, the content of the course must be refiled with the director;
9. (9) The names and qualifications of instructors;
10. (10) Any other state in which the course has been approved and the number of credit hours awarded;
11. (11) Whether a course is part of a national or professional designation program; and

12. (12) The contact person or coordinator of the proposed offering.

    The provider shall electronically submit the location and date of a previously approved course at least fourteen days in advance of the course if, at the time of initial filing, all dates and locations had not been determined. The fourteen days are calculated from the postmark date.

    Course approval will expire two years from the date of initial approval.

Source: 12 SDR 106, effective December 30, 1985; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 15 SDR 143, effective March 29, 1989; 19 SDR 160, effective April 27, 1993; 25 SDR 13, effective August 9, 1998; 34 SDR 200, effective January 28, 2008; 36 SDR 127, adopted February 8, 2010, effective May 1, 2010 ; 43 SDR 181, effective July 7, 2017 ; 51 SDR 142, effective July 3, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 58-30-117 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 58-30-117 , 58-30-118 .

Prior versions effective: 2017-07-07, 2010-05-01.