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2024 Utah Code
Title 31A - Insurance Code
Chapter 23b - Navigator License Act
Part 2 - Licensing
Section 206 - Continuing education requirements.
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UT Code § 31A-23b-206 (2024)
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Effective 5/8/2018
31A-23b-206. Continuing education requirements.
Amended by Chapter 319, 2018 General Session
31A-23b-206. Continuing education requirements.
- (1) The commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe continuing education requirements for a navigator.
- (2)
- (a) The commissioner may not require a degree from an institution of higher education as part of continuing education.
- (b) The commissioner may state a continuing education requirement in terms of hours of instruction received in:
- (i) accident and health insurance;
- (ii) qualification for and enrollment in public programs;
- (iii) qualification for and enrollment in premium subsidies;
- (iv) cultural competency;
- (v) conflict of interest standards; and
- (vi) other exchange functions.
- (3)
- (a) For a navigator line of authority, continuing education requirements shall require:
- (i) that a licensee complete 12 credit hours of continuing education for every one-year licensing period;
- (ii) that at least two of the 12 credit hours described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) be ethics courses; and
- (iii) that a licensee complete the annual navigator training and certification program developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- (b) For a certified application counselor, the continuing education requirements shall require:
- (i) that a licensee complete six credit hours of continuing education for every one-year licensing period;
- (ii) that at least two of the six credit hours described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) be on ethics courses; and
- (iii) that a licensee complete the annual certified application counselor training and certification program developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- (c) An hour of continuing education in accordance with Subsections (3)(a)(i) and (b)(i) may be obtained through:
- (i) classroom attendance;
- (ii) home study;
- (iii) watching a video recording; or
- (iv) another method approved by rule.
- (d) A licensee may obtain continuing education hours at any time during the one-year license period.
- (e) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commissioner shall, by rule, authorize one or more continuing education providers, including a state or national professional producer or consultant associations, to:
- (i) offer a qualified program on a geographically accessible basis; and
- (ii) collect a reasonable fee for funding and administration of a continuing education program, subject to the review and approval of the commissioner.
- (a) For a navigator line of authority, continuing education requirements shall require:
- (4) The commissioner shall approve a continuing education provider or a continuing education course that satisfies the requirements of this section.
- (5) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commissioner shall by rule establish the procedures for continuing education provider registration and course approval.
- (6) This section applies only to a navigator who is a natural person.
- (7) A navigator shall keep documentation of completing the continuing education requirements of this section for one year after the end of the one-year licensing period to which the continuing education applies.
Amended by Chapter 319, 2018 General Session
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