14471835, 69B-227.110 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 14471835

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division:

Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services

Chapter:

PRELICENSING EDUCATION

Overview

RULE:

69B-227.110	Purpose
69B-227.120	Scope
69B-227.130	Definitions
69B-227.140	Providers
69B-227.150	Supervising Instructor for Bail Bond Agent Courses and School Officials
69B-227.160	Instructors
69B-227.170	Courses
69B-227.180	Course Offering and Attendance Records
69B-227.190	Certification of Students
69B-227.200	Attendance (Repealed)
69B-227.210	Postsecondary Courses
69B-227.220	Examinations (Repealed)
69B-227.230	Refund of Student Course Fees
69B-227.240	Facilities
69B-227.250	Advertising
69B-227.260	Study Aids
69B-227.270	Prohibited Practices (Repealed)
69B-227.280	Falsification of Reports (Repealed)
69B-227.290	Forms and Submission of Forms through the Education Database
69B-227.300	Transition Time in the Event of Rule Changes (Repealed)
69B-227.310	Grounds for Disapproval, Suspension, or Revocation of Approval of a Provider, School Official, Supervising Instructor, or Instructor; Other Penalties
69B-227.320	Curriculum Standards for Special Designation
69B-227.330	Timeline for Submissions
69B-227.340	Course Audits

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the proposed rule amendments is to update the prelicensing education rules.

SUMMARY:

Rule 69B-227.130, F.A.C., contains updated definitions. Rule 69B-227.140, F.A.C., sets forth the requirements to obtain Department approval as a provider. Rule 69B-227.160, F.A.C., sets forth the requirements to obtain Department approval as an instructor. Rule 69B-227.170, F.A.C., sets forth the requirements to obtain Department approval for a course. Rule 69B-227.180, F.A.C., requires providers to submit a course offering for each course that is offered at least 15 days prior to the date and time the course will be offered and to keep accurate class attendance records. Rule 69B-227.190, F.A.C., requires providers to electronically submit a roster of all students that satisfactorily complete the course and issue a certificate of completion to each such person.  Rule 69B-227.210, F.A.C., allows a person to apply academic credit earned at an accredited institution of higher learning to satisfy the education requirements by providing proof of completion and a summary of the course materials. Rule 69B-227.230, F.A.C., requires providers to refund student course fees if the course is cancelled and to have a refund policy addressing a student’s cancellation or failure to complete a course. Rule 69B-227.250, F.A.C., sets forth prohibitions on advertising of courses and places the responsibility for the advertisement on the provider. Rule 69B-227.260, F.A.C., requires the school official to furnish each student the name and contact information of the vendor to obtain the current study manual. Rule 69B-227.290, F.A.C., requires all applications and other forms to be submitted to the Department’s website and incorporates by reference seven (7) forms. Rule 69B-227.310, F.A.C., sets forth the grounds for disapproval, suspension or revocation of approval of a provider, school official, supervising instructor or instructor. Rule 69B-227.320, F.A.C., sets forth the standards for approval of special designation courses. Rule 69B-227.330, F.A.C., requires an application to be complete within 60 days of initial submission and requires deficiencies to be resolved within 20 days of the deficiency notice. Rule 69B-227.340, F.A.C., provides that the Department shall audit courses and provider records with or without notice to the provider.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

624.308(1), 626.2817 FS

LAW:

624.307(1),626.22l, 626.2817, 626.732(1)(a), 626.7351, 626.7851, 626.8311, 626.8417, 626.927, 627.7015, 627.7074, 627.745, 648.34, 648.386 FS

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/21/2014 Vol. 40/77

COMMENTS:

From 4/21/2014 To 5/12/2014 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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