State RegulationsTX specificDifficulty 2/5
A Texas agent completes all of his continuing education for the period through online self-study correspondence courses. What is the result?
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Why A is correct
TIC 4004.051-.054 and 28 TAC 19.1001-.1030 limit how much continuing education may be done outside a classroom: at least half of the required hours must be earned in a classroom or other approved participatory setting, so an agent who completes everything by self-study correspondence is short of the requirement. The remedy is to make up the classroom hours before renewal, because a renewal filed with deficient hours is subject to the per-hour deficiency fine under 28 TAC 19.1016.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Hours alone are not enough; the delivery method is regulated and the classroom minimum is enforceable.
- C) Course approval and delivery method are separate requirements, so approved self-study counts only toward the non-classroom half.
- D) The rule sets a floor of one-half classroom, not a requirement that every hour be classroom.
Memory hook
Half in class; self-study can only cover the other half.