Section 28.07. Evidence of attendance for continuing education courses.

 

(1)  

(a) Providers shall provide an original certificate of continuing education to each intermediary within a reasonable period after completion of a continuing education course. One additional original individual certificate of continuing education shall be provided to a student upon request and at no additional charge. Every intermediary shall maintain a record of all courses attended by keeping the original certificates of completion for 4 years after the end of the year of attendance.

(b) Certificates of continuing education shall be issued to each agent completing an approved course and shall contain the agent's name, Wisconsin license number, course title and number, date the course was completed, number of approved credit hours, name of provider and provider license number, signature of authorized provider representative, and the date issued in a form acceptable to the commissioner.

(c) Certificates of continuing education shall be signed by authorized provider representatives whose signatures are on file with the commissioner.

(d) The date indicated on the certificate of continuing education shall be the date of the class attended by the student, or on the date which the intermediary successfully completed an examination for courses identified in s. Ins 26.06 (2) (b) 4. , 5. , and 6.

(e) Intermediaries shall not claim credit for any course [for] which they did not attend all required credit hours or complete all requirements.

(f) Intermediaries may not claim credit for prelicensing education currently approved as a continuing education course toward their continuing education requirements for an original license. Individuals may receive credit if they are adding qualifications to an existing license and the provider and course has been approved for continuing education credit.

(2)  Providers shall submit to the commissioner a computerized list of course attendees, which includes the intermediary's name, Wisconsin license number, course number, course title, date and location of the course, and number of credit hours for which the course has been approved in a format specified by the commissioner, of all persons satisfactorily completing continuing education programs. Submission of the course completion information will certify that the students listed personally completed the reported instruction. The computerized list shall be furnished to the commissioner within 10 days following the date of completion of continuing education programs.

(3)  The provider of a continuing education program shall maintain attendance records for 4 years.

History: Cr. Register, November, 1995, No. 479 , eff. 12-1-95; am. (1) (b) and (2), Register, January, 1999, No. 517 , eff. 2-1-99; CR 01-074 : cr. (4), Register January 2002 No. 553 , eff. 2-1-02; CR 05-111 : am. (2), r. (4) Register October 2006 No. 610 , eff. 11-1-06; CR 09-022 : am. (1) (d), cr. (1) (f) Register August 2009 No. 642 , eff. 9-1-09.