23 CAR § 18-205. Course hour valuation

(a) The Insurance Commissioner shall assign the number of continuing education hours for which approved courses qualify. (b) Key components. Filings must include and clearly demonstrate: (1) Material that: (A) Is current, relevant, and accurate; and (B) Includes valid: (i) Reference materials; (ii) Graphics; and (iii) Interactivity; (2) Clearly defined objectives and course completion criteria; (3) Specific instructions to register, navigate, and complete the course work; (4) Technical support/provider representative available during business hours; (5) Process to authenticate student identity; and (6) Method for measuring the student's successful completion of course material and for evaluating the learning experience. (c) Acceptable procedures to determine appropriate number of credit hours. Select and file one (1) of three (3) methods below per course: (1) Method A: (A) Six hundred (600) to seven hundred (700) words (standard font size) = one (1) text page; (B) Textbooks/workbooks/other printed material = one (1) credit for every fifteen (15) pages; (C) Three (3) screens with an aggregate total of approximately six hundred (600) to seven hundred (700) words = one (1) text page; (D) Forty-five (45) screens = one (1) hour of credit; (E) Divide total screens by forty-five (45) = total number of credit hours; and (F) Multiply number of hours by one (1) for a basic level course, one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) for an intermediate level, and one and five-tenths (1.5) for an advanced course for additional study time = total number of credit hours (fractional hours rounded up if five-tenths (.5) or above and rounded down if forty-nine hundredths (.49) or less); (2) Method B: (A) Divide total number of words by one hundred eighty (180) (documented average reading time) = number of minutes to read material; (B) Divide number of minutes by fifty (50) = credit hours; (C) Multiply number of hours by one (1) for a basic level course, one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) for an intermediate level, and one and five-tenths (1.5) for an advanced course for additional study time = total number of credit hours (fractional hours rounded up if five-tenths (.5) or above and rounded down if forty-nine hundredths (.49) or less); (3) Method C — Oral presentations: (A) Providers may use the timed outline method for speeches and other oral presentations intended for continuing education credits; and (B) Providers should file a detailed description of the proposed subject of the program or course, including a: (i) Timed course outline; (ii) List of any resource materials; and (iii) List of: (a) Speakers; (b) Instructors; or (c) Proctors.