La. Admin. Code tit. 37 § XI-717

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-717 - Measurement of Credit Hours

A. Credit hours for continuing education programs shall be determined by the commissioner in compliance with the provisions of this Rule.

B. Credit for continuing education programs shall be given in full hours only.

1. The number of credit hours for programs other than self-study shall be equivalent to the actual number of hours in the classroom instruction or participation. Each hourly period must include at least 50 minutes of continuous instruction or participation. For this purpose, a one-day program will be granted eight hours credit if the total lapsed time is approximately eight hours and the total time of instruction is at least 400 minutes.

2. The number of credit hours for self-study programs shall be determined by the commissioner upon considering the following:

a. the complexity of the material covered in the program;

b. the word count of the total program;

c. statistical data on the length of time spent by participants in the program;

d. the run time of any videos, animation or interactive exercises which are mandatory for completion of the program.

C. University or college upper division credit or noncredit programs shall be evaluated as follows.

1. Each semester system credit hour shall not exceed eight hours toward the requirement.

2. Each quarter system credit hour shall not exceed four hours.

D. The number of continuing education credit hours will be limited to a maximum of eight hours per day of instruction. The maximum number of continuing education credit hours that will be approved for any single program will be 24 credit hours.

La. Admin. Code tit. 37, § XI-717

Promulgated by the Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner, LR 37:2176 (July 2011), Amended LR 47602 (5/1/2021), Amended LR 482763 (11/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 22:11, R.S. 22:1547, R.S. 22:1573, R.S. 22:1673, R.S. 22:1678, R.S. 22:1702, R.S. 22:1708, R.S. 22:1808.4 and the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.