69B-228.160. Prohibited Practices

(1) A provider, school official, supervising instructor or instructor shall not:

(a) Fail to notify the Department within 30 days of a change in personal or business name, ownership or contact information.

(b) Fail to notify the Department in writing within 30 days after pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, or being convicted or found guilty of, any felony or crime punishable by imprisonment of 1 year or more under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, or under the law of any other country or territory without regard to whether the judgment of conviction has been entered by the court having jurisdiction of the case pursuant to subsection 626.621(11), F.S.

(c) Fail to submit to the Department a copy of the order, consent order, or other relevant legal documents within 30 days after the final disposition of an administrative action taken against the provider, school official, instructor or an employee of the provider by a governmental agency or other regulatory agency in this state or any other state or jurisdiction relating to the business of insurance, education, the sale of securities, or an activity involving fraud, dishonesty, trustworthiness, or breach of fiduciary duty.

(d) Offer a continuing education course before the provider has been approved by the Department.

(e) Offer a continuing education course before the course has been approved by the Department.

(f) Teach or instruct any material during the course offering within the time alloted for continuing education credit other than what has been approved by the Department.

(g) Submit a course offering application less than 5 calendar days before the first date of class.

(h) Allow the instruction of a classroom course by a instructor who is not registered with the Department and qualified to teach on the subject matter.

(i) Award credit for a course that was offered prior to the approval date of the course application by the Department.

(j) Issue certificates of completion to, or report on a roster, students who did not attend or complete the entire continuing education course.

(k) Advertise a course in any manner as an approved insurance continuing education course unless course approval has been granted, in writing, by the Department.

(l) Advertise a course with the words “approval pending” or similar misleading language.

(m) Advertise the guaranteed passing of an approved continuing education course examination.

(n) Omit required information on a course advertisement.

(o) Fail to issue a certificate of completion to any student who has satisfactorily completed the course within 30 days following completion of the course.

(p) Fail to submit the required student information on the Attendance Roster Detail Form within 21 days following the completion date of the course.

(q) Make any change to an approved course offering prior to Department approval.

(r) Make any misrepresentation, omission or concealment regarding any information requested by or document provided to the Department.

(s) Conduct a class for less than the total approved hours.

(t) Fail to maintain required records for at least 5 years.

(u) Allow any individual to perform any duties of a school official who is not approved as such by the Department.

(v) Offer or teach a course without the written consent of the approved provider.

(w) Provide answers to or offer assistance on any continuing education related examination.

(x) Solicit or receive, directly or indirectly, information from a person regarding that person’s, or another person’s, MyProfile login information, or any other login information that is related to any database located, operated or administered on or through the Department’s website.

(y) Violate any provision of this rule chapter.

(2) The following activities of students shall be considered to be a violation of this rule chapter:

(a) Accepting credit for continuing education hours which were not completed in their entirety.

(b) Providing or receiving answers, or offering or receiving assistance, on any continuing education course related examination.

(c) Falsifying any continuing education related document or material submitted to the Department.

Rulemaking Authority 624.308, 626.8216, 648.26 FS. Law Implemented 624.307(1), 626.2815, 626.2816, 626.869(5), 648.386 FS. History–New 8-17-93, Amended 4-29-01, Formerly 4-228.160, Amended 4-12-17.