Section 210-38-009 - Procedure and standards for approval of continuing education sponsors009.01 Any individual, school, insurer, industry association, or other organization intending to provide a course, program of study, or subject for continuing education credit must submit an application on a form or in a format prescribed by the department, with a nonrefundable fee as set forth by NEB. REV. STAT. § 44-3905(1)(b), to become an approved continuing education sponsor. The director may require any documents reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the information contained in an application. Before approving the application, the director shall find that the applicant: 009.01(A) Has demonstrated financial and organizational stability;009.01(B) Has agreed to comply with the administrative and regulatory guidelines set forth by the department;009.01(C) Has not committed any act set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3905(1)(b)(i) through (xv); and009.01(D) Has certified to the director that all continuing education instructors utilized by the continuing education sponsor: 009.01(D)(i) Have not had an insurance producer license, or other professional license, denied, suspended, placed on probation, or revoked in Nebraska or in any other state, province, district, or territory; and009.01(D)(ii) Possesses one of the following qualifications: 009.01(D)(ii)(1) An associate degree or bachelors degree from an accredited school with a concentration in the subject matter being taught;009.01(D)(ii)(2) Two years of recent experience and 60 hours of course work in the subject matter being taught;009.01(D)(ii)(3) Special expertise, such as employment with a governmental entity, or a documented history of research or study in the subject matter being taught; or009.01(D)(ii)(4) Education and experience that are found by the director to be equivalent.009.02 The director may request additional documents and/or information as he or she deems necessary to verify a continuing education sponsor applicant meets the qualifications set forth in subsection 009.01 of this rule.009.03 An approved continuing education sponsor that is found to have used continuing education instructors who do not meet the instructor qualifications as set forth in subsection 009.01(D) of this rule may, after notice and hearing, have its approval rescinded by the director and be subject to an administrative penalty as set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3905(1)(b).009.04 Any proposed change to the fee set forth in subsection 009.01 shall be posted by the Department of Insurance on its website for a reasonable period of time in order to allow the general public to review and provide comment before such fee adjustment is implemented by the director.210 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 38, § 009