Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-1435.29

A. 1. Each insurance producer, with the exception of title

producers and aircraft title producers or any other producer exempt

by rule, shall, biennially, complete not less than twenty-one (21)

clock hours of continuing insurance education. Such education may

include a written or oral examination.

2. Licensees, with the exception of title producers and

aircraft title producers or any other producer exempt by rule, shall

complete, in addition to the foregoing, three (3) clock hours of

ethics course work in this same period.

3. Each title producer and aircraft title producer shall,

biennially, complete not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of

continuing insurance education, two (2) hours of which shall be

ethics course work, which shall cover the line for which the

producer is licensed. Such education may include a written or oral

examination.

B. 1. The Insurance Commissioner shall approve courses and

providers of continuing education. The Insurance Department may use

one or more of the following to review and provide a nonbinding

recommendation to the Insurance Commissioner on approval or

disapproval of courses and providers of continuing education:

a. employees of the Insurance Commissioner,

b. a continuing education advisory committee, or

c. an independent service whose normal business

activities include the review and approval of

continuing education courses and providers. The

Commissioner may negotiate agreements with such

independent service to review documents and other

materials submitted for approval of courses and

providers and provide the Commissioner with its

nonbinding recommendation. The Commissioner may

require such independent service to collect the fee

charged by the independent service for reviewing

materials provided for review directly from the course

providers.

The Insurance Commissioner has sole authority to approve courses

and providers of continuing education. If the Insurance

Commissioner uses one of the entities listed above to provide a

nonbinding recommendation, the Commissioner shall adopt or decline

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to adopt the recommendation within thirty (30) days of receipt of

the recommendation. In the event the Insurance Commissioner takes

no action within said thirty-day period, the recommendation made to

the Commissioner will be deemed to have been adopted by the

Commissioner.

The Insurance Commissioner may certify providers and courses

offered for license examination study. The Insurance Department

shall use employees of the Insurance Commissioner to review and

certify license examination study program providers and courses.

2. Each insurance company shall be allowed to provide

continuing education to insurance producers as required by this

section; provided that such continuing education meets the general

standards for education otherwise established by the Insurance

Commissioner.

3. An insurance producer who, during the time period prior to

renewal, participates in a professional designation program,

approved by the Insurance Commissioner, shall be deemed to have met

the biennial requirement for continuing education.

The curriculum for the program shall total a minimum of twenty-

four (24) hours within a twenty-four-month period. Each approved

professional designation program included in this section shall be

reviewed for quality and compliance every two (2) years in

accordance with standardized criteria promulgated by rule.

Continuation of approved status is contingent upon the findings of

the review. The list of professional designation programs approved

under this paragraph shall be made available to producers and

providers annually.

4. The Insurance Department may promulgate rules providing that

courses or programs offered by professional associations shall

qualify for presumptive continuing education credit approval. The

rules shall include standardized criteria for reviewing the
iew. The list of professional designation programs approved

under this paragraph shall be made available to producers and

providers annually.

4. The Insurance Department may promulgate rules providing that

courses or programs offered by professional associations shall

qualify for presumptive continuing education credit approval. The

rules shall include standardized criteria for reviewing the

professional associations’ mission, membership, and other relevant

information, and shall provide a procedure for the Department to

disallow all or part of a presumptively approved course.

Professional association courses approved in accordance with this

paragraph shall be reviewed every two (2) years to determine whether

they continue to qualify for continuing education credit.

5. Subject to approval by the Commissioner, the active

membership of the licensed producer or broker in local, regional,

state, or national professional insurance organizations or

associations may be approved for up to one (1) annual hour of

instruction. The hour shall be credited upon timely filing with the

Commissioner, or designee of the Commissioner, and appropriate

written evidence acceptable to the Commissioner of such active

membership in the organization or association.

6. The active service of a licensed producer as a member of a

continuing education advisory committee, as described in paragraph 1

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of this subsection, shall be deemed to qualify for continuing

education credit on an hour-for-hour basis.

C. 1. Annual fees and course submission fees shall be set

forth as a rule by the Commissioner. The fees are payable to the

Insurance Commissioner. Provided, public-funded educational

institutions, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, not-for-

profit organizations, and state agencies shall be exempt from this

subsection.

2. The Commissioner may assess a civil penalty, after notice

and opportunity for hearing, against a continuing education provider

who fails to comply with the requirements of the Oklahoma Producer

Licensing Act, of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), for

each occurrence. The civil penalty may be enforced in the same

manner in which civil judgments may be enforced.

D. Limited lines producers and nonresident agents who have

successfully completed an equivalent or greater requirement shall be

exempt from the provisions of this section.

E. Members of the Legislature shall be exempt from this

section.

F. The Commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules as

are necessary for effective administration of this section.