1. (a) Licensees and adjuster applicants shall provide evidence of completion of courses to the department or its designee upon request. Each licensee shall maintain evidence of each course completed for a period of four years from the date of completion of the course for the purpose of investigation or audit. Licensees shall continue to maintain evidence of compliance during any period in which the licensee has been notified by the department or its designee that the records and/or the licensee's compliance is the subject of an investigation or audit.

2. (b) Types of course completion evidence of compliance may include:

   1. (1) a certificate of completion from a provider;
   2. (2) a college transcript;
   3. (3) a passing grade report from a national designation program;
   4. (4) a certificate or report of completed continuing education hours issued by a professional licensing authority or a provider of a course certified by a professional licensing authority; or
   5. (5) a letter from the program sponsor's representative stating the number of hours the licensee taught.
3. (c) The department shall consider the filing of a properly completed renewal application with the department in the form prescribed by the department as a licensee's certification that all required continuing education hours for the reporting period have been completed, absent a timely written request or notice for extension or exemption as required under the Insurance Code §4004.052(a) and §19.1004(b) - (g) of this title (relating to Licensee Exemption from and Extension of Time for Continuing Education). The department's renewal of any license does not relieve a licensee from compliance with the continuing education requirements for any reporting period and failure to obtain required continuing education hours without obtaining a prior exemption or extension shall subject the licensee to administrative action.
4. (d) It is the licensee's responsibility to comply with this subchapter and maintain evidence that the licensee has completed the required continuing education hours. A licensee should immediately report to the department or its designee any discrepancy the licensee discovers between a course taken by a licensee and the credit hours certified to the licensee by the provider.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.1013 adopted to be effective January 6, 2003, 28 TexReg 75; amended to be effective February 21, 2010, 35 TexReg 1271.