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Agents in South Dakota can meet their South Dakota insurance continuing education requirements online with MyCEonline.  For your convenience, we have provided an outline of insurance CE requirements for South Dakota below.

Required Continuing Education Hours

Life and Health Producers

10 CE hours are required every 2-year license term (see license term below). South Dakota has category restrictions. See CE Subject Requirements below. Producers planning to sell the following product(s) have special training or education requirements as described below:

Special Training/Education Requirements

Long-Term Care Partnership (LTC/P)

• Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling LTC insurance products in South Dakota, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships course, which fulfills this requirement.)
• Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the initial 8-hour training requirement, producers continuing to sell LTC must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training by July 1st in even years. Agents who have taken the initial 8-hour LTCP course prior to July 1st  2010, must take the follow-up 4-hour training course by July 1st 2010. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s South Dakota Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Property and Casualty Producers

10 CE hours are required every 2-year license term (see license term below). South Dakota has category restrictions. See CE Subject Requirements below. Producers planning to sell the following product(s) have special training or education requirements as described below:

Special Training/Education Requirements

Flood Insurance

Producers who sell federal flood insurance must complete a one-time, 3-hour course approved for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) training. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s National Flood Insurance Program: What You Must Know course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Combination Life and Health AND Property and Casualty Producers

20 CE hours are required every 2-year license term (see license term below). South Dakota has category restrictions. See CE Subject Requirements below. Producers planning to sell the following product(s) have special training or education requirements as described below:

Special Training/Education Requirements

Long-Term Care (LTC)

• Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling LTC insurance products in South Dakota, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships course, which fulfills this requirement.)
• Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the initial 8-hour training requirement, producers continuing to sell LTC must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training by July 1st in even years. Agents who have taken the initial 8-hour LTCP course prior to July 1st  2010, must take the follow-up 4-hour training course by July 1st 2010. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s South Dakota Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Flood Insurance

Producers who sell federal flood insurance must complete a one-time, 3-hour course approved for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) training. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s National Flood Insurance Program: What You Must Know course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Crop Producers

4 CE hours are required every 2 year license term (see license term below).

Combination Crop/Life and Health AND Crop/Property and Casualty Producers

20 CE hours are required every 2 year license term (see license term below). South Dakota has category restrictions. See CE Subject Requirements below. Producers planning to sell the following product(s) have special training or education requirements as described below:

Special Training/Education Requirements

Long-Term Care Partnership (LTC/P)

• Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling LTC insurance products in South Dakota, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships course, which fulfills this requirement.)
• Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the initial 8-hour training requirement, producers continuing to sell LTC must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training by July 1st in even years. Agents who have taken the initial 8-hour LTCP course prior to July 1st  2010, must take the follow-up 4-hour training course by July 1st 2010. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s South Dakota Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Flood Insurance

Producers who sell federal flood insurance must complete a one-time, 3-hour course approved for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) training. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s National Flood Insurance Program: What You Must Know course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Combination Crop/Life and Health OR Crop/Property and Casualty Producers

10 CE hours are required every 2 year license term (see license term below). South Dakota has category restrictions. See CE Subject Requirements below. Producers planning to sell the following product(s) have special training or education requirements as described below:

Special Training/Education Requirements

Long-Term Care Partnership (LTC/P)

• Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling LTC insurance products in South Dakota, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships course, which fulfills this requirement.)
• Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the initial 8-hour training requirement, producers continuing to sell LTC must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training by July 1st in even years. Agents who have taken the initial 8-hour LTCP course prior to July 1st  2010, must take the follow-up 4-hour training course by July 1st 2010. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s South Dakota Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Flood Insurance

Producers who sell federal flood insurance must complete a one-time, 3-hour course approved for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) training. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s National Flood Insurance Program: What You Must Know course, which fulfills this requirement.)

Farm Mutual Producers; Personal Lines Producers

10 CE hours are required every 2 year license term (see license term below).

Roster Fees

A roster fee of $1.00 per course ordered is required to process course completion hours in South Dakota and will be added to the order total upon checkout.

Nonresident CE Requirements

Nonresident producers planning to sell Long-Term Care (LTC) have special training or education requirements as described below:

• Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling LTC insurance products in South Dakota, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies, and Partnerships course, which fulfills this requirement.)
• Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the initial 8-hour training requirement, producers continuing to sell LTC must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training by July 1st in even years. Agents who have taken the initial 8-hour LTCP course prior to July 1st  2010, must take the follow-up 4-hour training course by July 1st 2010. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s South Dakota Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training course, which fulfills this requirement.)
• State Specific Long Term Care Training: If a producer has taken the initial 8-hour long-term care partnership course for another state, they must complete a state-approved Medicaid training course before selling LTC insurance products in South Dakota. (Go to the course catalog to order MyCEonline/ WebCE’s South Dakota Medicaid course.)

License Term

^{The license term is 2 years, expiring on the last day of the producer’s birth month.}

^{Resident producers: Effective April 1, 2012, resident producers will renew on the last day of their birth month every two years.  Agents who renewed on April 30, 2010, can find their next renewal deadline on South Dakota’s Renewal Deadline Table.}

^{Note:  The CE Assigned Review date will be changed so that it becomes the same as the license expiration date.}

CE Subject Requirements

_{Category restrictions:}

• • _{General credit hours may be applied to either life/health or property/casualty credits but not crop/hail.}
  • _{Life/Health AND Property/Casualty = 20 CE credits; CE credits should be EITHER:}
    • _{10 L/H CE credits and 10 P/C CE credits or}
    • _{a minimum of 8 CE credits in each license held. (additional CE hours needed should be in L/H or P/C)}
  • _{Crop/Hail AND Life/Health = 10 CE credits (2 Crop/Hail CE credits and 8 L/H CE credits)}
  • _{Crop/Hail AND Property/Casualty = 10 CE credits (2 Crop/Hail CE credits and 8 P/C  CE credits)}
  • _{Crop/Hail, Life/Health AND Property Casualty = 20 CE credits. In the case of a multi-line license the maximum crop/hail CE is 2 hours. This could be taken as:}
    • _{2 CE credits in Crop/Hail, 10 CE credits in Life/Health, and 8 CE credits in Property/Casualty, OR}
    • _{2 CE credits in Crop/Hail, 12 CE credits in Life/Health, and 6 CE credits in Property/Casualty, OR}
    • _{2 CE credits in Crop/Hail, 8 CE credits in Life/Health, and 10 CE credits in Property/Casualty}
  • _{A producer may not receive more than one-half of the required CE hours during any 2-year period from courses sponsored by any one insurance company.}
• _{Course presentation: Online and paper self-study}
• _{Study Requirements: Students should read the course material prior to taking the final exam.}

_{Final Exam Requirements}

• _{Exam proctor requirements: Self-study final exams are open book and do not require a proctor.}
• _{Exam rules: Self-study final exams are open book.  Producers may refer to the course material as often as needed during the exam.  The final exam must be passed with a score of 70 percent or higher to receive credit.  If the final exam is not passed on the first attempt, students have an unlimited number of retakes.}

_{CE Carryover Allowance}

_{No excess hours may be carried over into a new license term. All courses must be completed in the period for which they will be reported.}

_{Course Repetition Rules}

_{Courses may not be taken more than once in a 2-year license term.}

_{Certificate of Completion}

_{WebCE provides online, printable certificates of completion in South Dakota. Certificates of completion will be available to print online immediately after a final exam is passed. Producers must keep a copy of each certificate of completion in his or her file for 5 years.}

_{CE Completion Reporting}

_{Next-day Reporting – WebCE reports course completions to the Sircon every business day.}

_{License Renewal Process}

_{A nonrefundable $20 licensing fee is payable at www.sircon.com/southdakota. If the licensing renewal and $20 fee is not completed through Sircon by the due date, producers’ licenses will lapse and appointments will be terminated.}

_{CE Exemptions}

_{The following are exempt from South Dakota’s CE requirements:}

• _{Producers who have reached the age of 65 prior to July 1, 2006, and as of July 1, 2006, have had at least 10 years’ experience as a licensed producer}
• _{A producer holding a limited license to sell only credit life and credit health insurance}
• _{A producer outside the United States or its territories}
• _{A producer who is a resident attorney licensed to practice law in South Dakota}
• _{A producer who is a transportation ticket producer of common carriers holding a limited license to sell only travel accident and baggage insurance}
• _{A producer who is an employee of a trade association holding a limited license to sell only surety bonds to its association members}
• _{A producers who is licensed to sell only bail bonds}

_{Limited lines producers are exempt from CE requirements (examples include limited lines credit insurance, travel accident insurance, and rental car insurance producers).}

_{Producers must notify the South Dakota Division of Insurance in writing if he/she falls under one of the exemption categories.}

_{Helpful Links}

_{Check your license status}

_{View your CE transcript}

_{Renew your license online}

_{Go to the South Dakota DOI Web site}

_{Sircon Contact Information}

_{Sircon
Phone: (877) 876-4430
Fax: (404) 656-0874
Web site: http://www.sircon.com}

_{State Contact Information}

_{South Dakota Division of Insurance
Phone: (605) 773-3946
Email: jo.mikkelsen@state.sd.us}

_{Mailing Address:
South Dakota Division of Insurance
445 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501-3185}

_{WebCE provides information as a courtesy to individuals who are subject to continuing education (CE) as insurance producers, agents, adjusters and/or brokers. Although reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the information provided here is accurate and current, neither WebCE nor its employees warrant or represent that this information is accurate and current. All information is subject to change without notice.}

_{Last updated on 11/1/2010}

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