SECTION .0200 – PROVIDERS

21 NCAC 12B .0201          APPLICATION FOR INITIAL APPROVAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER

(a)  Only continuing education providers approved by the Board shall be eligible to offer continuing education courses. If a third party advertises or hosts an approved course, all materials advertising the course shall include the approved provider's name.

(b)  Prospective providers of all courses shall obtain written approval from the Board to conduct courses prior to conducting courses and prior to advertising or otherwise representing that a course is or may be approved for general contractor continuing education credit in North Carolina. No retroactive approval to conduct continuing education courses will be granted.

(c)  Any entity seeking initial approval to be a continuing education provider shall apply using a form available on the Board's website that requires the applicant to set forth:

(1)           the legal name of applicant and any assumed business name;

(2)           the applicant's mailing address, telephone number, and email address;

(3)           the SOS ID number issued by the NC Secretary of State, if applicable;

(4)           the legal names of the provider's owners, members, managers or partners;

(5)           the name of a continuing education coordinator who shall serve as the contact person for the provider; and

(6)           the signature of the applicant or its legal designee.

(d)  The name of any course provider shall not be identical or similar so as to cause confusion to the name of any other approved continuing education course provider.

(e)  Continuing education providers shall notify the Board in writing within 10 days of any change in business name, ownership interest, continuing education coordinator, address, business telephone number, or email address.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87-10.2;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 2, 2020;

Eff. September 1, 2020;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2023.