{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-1435.29","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-1435.29","heading":"Prelicensing and continuing education","body":"A. 1. Each insurance producer, with the exception of title\n\nproducers and aircraft title producers or any other producer exempt\n\nby rule, shall, biennially, complete not less than twenty-one (21)\n\nclock hours of continuing insurance education. Such education may\n\ninclude a written or oral examination.\n\n2. Licensees, with the exception of title producers and\n\naircraft title producers or any other producer exempt by rule, shall\n\ncomplete, in addition to the foregoing, three (3) clock hours of\n\nethics course work in this same period.\n\n3. Each title producer and aircraft title producer shall,\n\nbiennially, complete not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of\n\ncontinuing insurance education, two (2) hours of which shall be\n\nethics course work, which shall cover the line for which the\n\nproducer is licensed. Such education may include a written or oral\n\nexamination.\n\nB. 1. The Insurance Commissioner shall approve courses and\n\nproviders of continuing education. The Insurance Department may use\n\none or more of the following to review and provide a nonbinding\n\nrecommendation to the Insurance Commissioner on approval or\n\ndisapproval of courses and providers of continuing education:\n\na. employees of the Insurance Commissioner,\n\nb. a continuing education advisory committee, or\n\nc. an independent service whose normal business\n\nactivities include the review and approval of\n\ncontinuing education courses and providers. The\n\nCommissioner may negotiate agreements with such\n\nindependent service to review documents and other\n\nmaterials submitted for approval of courses and\n\nproviders and provide the Commissioner with its\n\nnonbinding recommendation. The Commissioner may\n\nrequire such independent service to collect the fee\n\ncharged by the independent service for reviewing\n\nmaterials provided for review directly from the course\n\nproviders.\n\nThe Insurance Commissioner has sole authority to approve courses\n\nand providers of continuing education. If the Insurance\n\nCommissioner uses one of the entities listed above to provide a\n\nnonbinding recommendation, the Commissioner shall adopt or decline\n\nto adopt the recommendation within thirty (30) days of receipt of\n\nthe recommendation. In the event the Insurance Commissioner takes\n\nno action within said thirty-day period, the recommendation made to\n\nthe Commissioner will be deemed to have been adopted by the\n\nCommissioner.\n\nThe Insurance Commissioner may certify providers and courses\n\noffered for license examination study. The Insurance Department\n\nshall use employees of the Insurance Commissioner to review and\n\ncertify license examination study program providers and courses.\n\n2. Each insurance company shall be allowed to provide\n\ncontinuing education to insurance producers as required by this\n\nsection; provided that such continuing education meets the general\n\nstandards for education otherwise established by the Insurance\n\nCommissioner.\n\n3. An insurance producer who, during the time period prior to\n\nrenewal, participates in a professional designation program,\n\napproved by the Insurance Commissioner, shall be deemed to have met\n\nthe biennial requirement for continuing education.\n\nThe curriculum for the program shall total a minimum of twenty-\n\nfour (24) hours within a twenty-four-month period. Each approved\n\nprofessional designation program included in this section shall be\n\nreviewed for quality and compliance every two (2) years in\n\naccordance with standardized criteria promulgated by rule.\n\nContinuation of approved status is contingent upon the findings of\n\nthe review. The list of professional designation programs approved\n\nunder this paragraph shall be made available to producers and\n\nproviders annually.\n\n4. The Insurance Department may promulgate rules providing that\n\ncourses or programs offered by professional associations shall\n\nqualify for presumptive continuing education credit approval. The\n\nrules shall include standardized criteria for reviewing the\niew. The list of professional designation programs approved\n\nunder this paragraph shall be made available to producers and\n\nproviders annually.\n\n4. The Insurance Department may promulgate rules providing that\n\ncourses or programs offered by professional associations shall\n\nqualify for presumptive continuing education credit approval. The\n\nrules shall include standardized criteria for reviewing the\n\nprofessional associations’ mission, membership, and other relevant\n\ninformation, and shall provide a procedure for the Department to\n\ndisallow all or part of a presumptively approved course.\n\nProfessional association courses approved in accordance with this\n\nparagraph shall be reviewed every two (2) years to determine whether\n\nthey continue to qualify for continuing education credit.\n\n5. Subject to approval by the Commissioner, the active\n\nmembership of the licensed producer or broker in local, regional,\n\nstate, or national professional insurance organizations or\n\nassociations may be approved for up to one (1) annual hour of\n\ninstruction. The hour shall be credited upon timely filing with the\n\nCommissioner, or designee of the Commissioner, and appropriate\n\nwritten evidence acceptable to the Commissioner of such active\n\nmembership in the organization or association.\n\n6. The active service of a licensed producer as a member of a\n\ncontinuing education advisory committee, as described in paragraph 1\n\nof this subsection, shall be deemed to qualify for continuing\n\neducation credit on an hour-for-hour basis.\n\nC. 1. Annual fees and course submission fees shall be set\n\nforth as a rule by the Commissioner. The fees are payable to the\n\nInsurance Commissioner. Provided, public-funded educational\n\ninstitutions, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, not-for-\n\nprofit organizations, and state agencies shall be exempt from this\n\nsubsection.\n\n2. The Commissioner may assess a civil penalty, after notice\n\nand opportunity for hearing, against a continuing education provider\n\nwho fails to comply with the requirements of the Oklahoma Producer\n\nLicensing Act, of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), for\n\neach occurrence. The civil penalty may be enforced in the same\n\nmanner in which civil judgments may be enforced.\n\nD. Limited lines producers and nonresident agents who have\n\nsuccessfully completed an equivalent or greater requirement shall be\n\nexempt from the provisions of this section.\n\nE. Members of the Legislature shall be exempt from this\n\nsection.\n\nF. The Commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules as\n\nare necessary for effective administration of this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 36"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os36.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0374dca0d4700d2e1e4c4baf0fc431355510bc623802b708204ab85ca0eabc9b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-1435.28","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-1435.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}