§ 2132. Continuing education. (a) This section shall apply to resident\nand non-resident persons licensed pursuant to this article with respect\nto:\n (1) life insurance, annuity contracts, variable annuity contracts and\nvariable life insurance;\n (2) sickness, accident and health insurance;\n (3) all lines of property and casualty insurance;\n (4) life settlements; and\n (5) title insurance.\n (b) This section shall not apply to:\n (1) those persons holding licenses for which an examination is not\nrequired by the laws of this state;\n (2) any limited licensees or any other licensees as the superintendent\nmay exempt subject to any continuing education requirements deemed\nappropriate by the superintendent;\n (3) for purposes of the continuing education requirements for life\nsettlements, an insurance producer with a life line of authority who is\nacting as a life settlement broker pursuant to section two thousand one\nhundred thirty-seven of this article; or\n (4) for purposes of a title insurance agent license, an attorney\nlicensed to practice law in this state, provided that such attorney is\nin good standing with the New York state office of court administration.\n (c) Resident and non-resident persons licensed pursuant to this\narticle and not exempt under subsection (b) of this section, and any\nperson previously so licensed whose license was not in effect on the\neffective date of this section and who has subsequently been relicensed\npursuant to the provisions of this article, shall biennially\nsatisfactorily complete such courses or programs of instruction as may\nbe approved by the superintendent, as follows:\n (1) Any person holding a license issued pursuant to this article and\nnot exempt under subsection (b) of this section shall, during each full\nbiennial licensing period, satisfactorily complete courses or programs\nof instruction or attend seminars as may be approved by the\nsuperintendent equivalent to fifteen credit hours of instruction.\n (2) During the same calendar year biennial licensing period, a\nlicensee may use accumulated continuing education credits to meet the\nrequirements of similar classes of licenses, as follows: (A) subsection\n(a) of section two thousand one hundred three and section two thousand\none hundred seven of this article with respect to life insurance\nconsultants; or (B) subsection (b) of section two thousand one hundred\nthree, section two thousand one hundred four, section two thousand one\nhundred seven of this article with respect to general insurance\nconsultants, and section two thousand one hundred eight of this article\nwith respect to public adjusters.\n (3) Excess credit hours accumulated during any biennial licensing\nperiod shall not carry forward to the next biennial licensing period for\nthat same class of license.\n (d) (1) The courses or programs of instruction successfully completed,\nwhich shall be deemed to meet the superintendent's standards for\ncontinuing education requirements, shall be:\n (A) courses, programs of instruction or seminars, approved as to\nmethod and content by the superintendent, covering portions of the\nprincipal branches of insurance related to the kinds of insurance\ncovered by that license, and given by a degree conferring college or\nuniversity whose curriculum is registered with the state education\ndepartment at the time the person takes the course, whether such course\nbe given as part of such curriculum or separately, or by any other\ninstitution, agents' association, trade association or insurer, which\nmaintains equivalent standards of instruction and which shall have been\napproved for such purpose by the superintendent.\n (B) continuing education as required by the state in which a\nnon-resident licensee, as defined by section two thousand one hundred\none of this article, resides and maintains an insurance office, provided\nthe superintendent deems them equivalent to New York continuing\neducation requiremen
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