21 ncac 04b .0805          SPONSOR REQUIREMENTS

(a)  An entity is eligible to seek approval as a sponsor of continuing education courses, provided that the entity seeking approval is either the owner of the proprietary rights to the course or has acquired from the course owner the right to seek course approval from the Board and to conduct the course.

(b)  The official name used by any course sponsor in connection with the offering of an approved continuing education course shall distinguish the sponsor from any other approved continuing education course sponsor. Unless the sponsor is an auction school with approved curriculum and instructors pursuant to G.S. 85B-4(d) that is proposing to operate continuing education courses in its own name, the official name also shall distinguish the sponsor from any auction school with approved curriculum and instructors. Sponsor applicants proposing to use a sponsor name that does not comply with this Paragraph shall be required to adopt a different name as a condition of approval.

(c)  Any advertisement or promotional material utilized by an approved course sponsor shall include the course sponsor's official name and shall not include any other name for the sponsor.

(d)  All sponsors shall obtain written approval from the Board prior to advertising a course or conducting a course and shall not advertise that a course is or may be approved for continuing education credit in North Carolina prior to Board approval. No retroactive approval to conduct a course shall be granted for any reason.

(e)  A sponsor of a course shall designate one person to serve as the continuing education coordinator for all Board-approved continuing education courses offered by the sponsor. The designated coordinator shall serve as the contact person for the sponsor and shall be responsible for the following:

(1)           Supervising the sponsor's Board-approved continuing education courses;

(2)           Signing the course completion certificates provided by the sponsor to licensees completing courses; and

(3)           Submitting to the Board all required rosters, reports and other information.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 85B-4(e1);

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2000;

Eff. April 1, 2001;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2020.