Approved May 27, 1993.                                                                       

CHAPTER 613
(House Bill 1451)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance Agents and Brokers - Continuing Education

FOR the purpose of altering the continuing education requirements for certain insurance
agents and brokers; setting out the criteria for satisfying certain continuing education
requirements; making certain technical changes; providing for the contingent
codification of this Act; and generally relating to continuing education for insurance
agents and brokers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 170(b)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 170(b)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 609 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1989)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code

170.

(b) (2) As a condition of a certificate renewal, the Commissioner shall require
that an agent or broker receive continuing education.

(i) [The Commissioner may not require an agent or broker to receive
more than 16 clock hours of continuing education per license renewal regardless of the
number of certificates the agent or broker may have.] REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER
OF CERTIFICATES AN AGENT OR BROKER MAY HAVE, THE COMMISSIONER MAY NOT
REQUIRE AN AGENT OR BROKER TO RECEIVE:

1. IF THE AGENT OR BROKER HAS BEEN LICENSED FOR LESS
THAN 25 CONSECUTIVE YEARS, MORE THAN 16 CLOCK HOURS OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION PER LICENSE RENEWAL; AND

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Ch. 613

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND