1. (a) Agents licensed under the Insurance Code, Articles 21.07-1, 21.07-3, and 21.14 shall complete 30 hours of continuing education within each reporting period, unless otherwise exempt.
2. (b) An agent licensed under more than one article of the Insurance Code, Articles 21.07-1, 21.07-3 and 21.14 may elect to satisfy the continuing education requirements of any one of the articles and shall not be required to complete more than 30 hours within each reporting period.
3. (c) All agents subject to these sections, other than local recording agents identified in subsection (g) of this section, shall take at least four hours of registered courses in insurance regulation and ethics within the first licensing cycle for new licenses and reinstated licenses.
4. (d) All agents subject to these sections shall take at least four hours of registered courses in insurance regulation and ethics within either of the next two licensing cycles, beginning with the first licensing cycle after the effective date of these sections.
5. (e) Adjusters licensed under the Insurance Code, Article 21.07-4 shall complete 30 hours of continuing education within each reporting period. Four of the 30 hours must be in registered consumer protection courses.
6. (f) Agents and adjusters holding a license subject to continuing education which is prorated to coincide with the renewal of another license shall complete continuing education on a prorated schedule. The credit hours required shall be based upon the licensing period from the issue date of the license to the prorated renewal date of the license at the rate of one hour for each whole month between the last renewal date and the prorated renewal date.
7. (g) An agent holding only a temporary local recording agent license under Article 21.14 shall be required to complete only four hours of registered insurance regulation and ethics instruction for the first reporting period after receiving the permanent local recording agent license. After the first renewal, the local recording agent is subject to the full continuing education requirement.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.1003 adopted to be effective May 27, 1994, 19 TexReg 3697; amended to be effective January 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 49.