(1) Instructors must meet the following qualifications for the department to approve the course:

(a) a high school diploma or equivalent certificate;

(b) experience in at least one of the following:

(i) three or more years of managerial, supervisory, technical, or teaching experience as a subject matter expert;

(ii) appropriate national designations; or

(iii) approval on an exception basis by the department.

(2) An instructor may be disqualified if that person has:

(a) intentionally falsified documents filed with the department; or

(b) intentionally misrepresented course approval, credit hour assignment, curriculum, or course content to students or prospective students.

(3) Certified claims examiners teaching or lecturing approved courses will be credited with two times the number of approved credit hours of courses they instruct.

(4) Proctors will not earn continuing education credit for their services.