1. (a) A distance education course may be conducted either by the commission or with the advanced approval of the commission.
2. (b) Training providers desiring commission approval for a distance education course must submit their request in accordance with the commission's Distance Education Guidelines. The commission may charge a cost recovery fee for reviewing these submissions.
3. (c) Each course will have one or more sponsors assigned, who shall be responsible both for the conduct of the course, and for proctoring any examination during the course.
4. (d) To receive credit for a distance education course, the student must, without the use of deceitful means, complete each required unit, and receive a passing grade on any examination, course work, or evaluation required by the lesson guide or learning objectives.
5. (e) The training provider should ensure that the student's assigned work is corrected, graded, and reviewed by qualified instructors. Corrected assignments are returned to the student, an exchange which provides a personalized student-teacher relationship.
6. (f) The effective date of this section is March 1, 2002.

Source Note:The provisions of this §215.17 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 226; amended to be effective March 1, 2002, 26 TexReg 11040.