3 Colo. Code Regs. § 702-1-2-5-6

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024

Section 3 CCR 702-1-2-5-6 - Course Approval

A. Prior to being offered or advertised, any prelicensing course or program must be approved by the Division. Any change in the course or program must be approved by the Division prior to being implemented. Any full-time program of prelicensure education operated by a company with a qualified home office located in Colorado will not be required to submit courses for review and certification by the Commissioner. Course approval requests must be accompanied by the following:

1. Course or program outline(s) showing individual topic(s) to be covered and hours to be satisfied. The course or program outline must include and demonstrate the following:

a. The legal concepts and regulations portion of the course or program shall cover all sections of Colorado insurance law listed in the examination content outline. This outline is available on the Division's website.

b. The course or program outline must show the page and paragraph where the required information is located on the submitted course. If the course or program is web-based or otherwise electronically transmitted then the outline must identify the slide or screen number or other distinguishable location where the information is located, as applicable.

c. The hours requested for the course or program must be substantiated by a word count, screen count or other quantifiable method.

2. Copies of all proposed study materials. Publicly published text or other study materials require submission of the title, edition date, publisher, and authority. The Division may request the text or other materials, as necessary;

3. Instructor qualifications. Instructors must meet one or more of the following qualifications: demonstrated competence in the subject area; a professional insurance designation; or academic qualifications (by a specific degree related to insurance or instructing or teaching);

4. Method of measuring satisfactory completion; and

5. The appropriate course or program fee and the course or program submittal document. Once approved, a course or program may be offered for three years without additional notice to the Division so long as the course or program content is not materially changed, except to reflect changes in the insurance laws.

B. Prelicensing courses may consist either of classroom study or self-study (including online courses). Evaluation of any proposed course shall be based upon the substance of the course and not its method of delivery. During the consideration of approval for a self-study course or program, the Division will take into account the specific method used to verify that a student satisfactorily completed the course or program. One of the following methods shall be used in measuring satisfactory completion of a course or program:

1. Self-Study courses or programs must have a final examination that is monitored by a disinterested third party. Final examination is a closed book examination taken and passed by an individual without assistance and personally monitored by a disinterested third party, who is not a minor, not related to the individual, his immediate supervisor, or his/her employee. A score of 70% or above is required for the examinee to pass the examination.

2. Classroom courses or programs must contain a final examination that is monitored by a qualified instructor from the providing organization. Final examination is a closed book examination taken and passed by an individual without assistance and personally monitored by a disinterested third party, who is not a minor, not related to the individual, his immediate supervisor, or his/her employee. A score of 70% or above is required for the examinee to pass the examination.

3. Passage of a nationally recognized insurance test for a professional designation will be evidence of successful completion.

C. The curriculum of the following designation programs satisfy the prelicensure education requirements of § 10-2-201, C.R.S., as follows:

1. The total curriculum required to obtain an AAI, ARM, CIC or CPCU designation shall be considered an approved prelicensing course for property and/or casualty lines of authority.

2. The total curriculum required to obtain an RHU, CEBS, REBC or HIA designation is considered an approved prelicensing course for accident & health or sickness line of authority.

3. The total curriculum required to obtain a CEBS, ChFC, CIC, CFP, CLU, FLMI or LUTCF designation is considered an approved prelicensing course for the life line of authority.

Individual courses within the curricula listed in paragraphs 1.a. through 1.c. require prior approval of the Division before being offered or advertised as a prelicensing course in Colorado.

3 CCR 702-1-2-5-6

37 CR 11, June 10, 2014, effective 6/30/2014

37 CR 11, June 10, 2014, effective 7/1/2014

38 CR 09, May 10, 2015, effective 6/1/2015

38 CR 20, October 25, 2015, effective 11/15/2015

40 CR 19, October 10, 2017, effective 11/1/2017

40 CR 21, November 10, 2017, effective 12/1/2017

40 CR 21, November 10, 2017, effective 1/1/2018

41 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 12/1/2018

43 CR 21, November 10, 2020, effective 12/1/2020

45 CR 21, November 10, 2022, effective 11/30/2022