191—11.1 (505,522B) Statutory authority—purpose—applicability.
	 11.1(1) These rules are adopted pursuant to the general rule-making authority of the insurance commissioner in Iowa Code chapters 505 and 522B to establish continuing education requirements for resident and nonresident insurance producers.
	 11.1(2) The purpose of these rules is to establish requirements by prescribing:
	  a.   	 The minimum number of continuing education credits that an insurance producer must complete;
	  b.   	 The procedure and standards that the division will utilize in the approval of continuing education providers and courses;
	  c.   	 The procedure for establishing that the required continuing education has been completed; and
	  d.   	 Enforcement criteria and guidelines.
	 11.1(3) These rules do not apply to:
	  a.   	 A nonresident producer who resides in a state or district having a continuing education (CE) requirement for insurance producers.
	  b.   	 A resident producer who holds qualification 5 (surety), 18 (credit life, accident and health insurance), or 4 (crop insurance).
	  c.   	 Licensed attorneys who are also producers who submit proof of completion of continuing legal education for the appropriate calendar years during the CE term, pay the continuing education fee set forth in subrule 11.14(1) and otherwise comply with the producer license renewal procedures set forth in 191—Chapter 10.
	  d.   	 A producer who serves full-time in the armed forces of the United States of America on active duty during a substantial part of the CE term and who submits evidence of such service.