State RegulationsIL specificDifficulty 3/5
An Illinois producer completes all 24 required continuing-education hours, taking the 3 ethics hours as a self-paced online self-study course. Under 215 ILCS 5/500-35, which statement is correct?
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Why C is correct
Under 215 ILCS 5/500-35, the 24-hour continuing-education requirement includes 3 hours of ethics that must be taken in a classroom or live webinar; self-paced self-study does not satisfy the ethics component. The producer's other hours may come from self-study, but the producer must arrange live instruction for the 3 ethics hours before the renewal date or the requirement is unmet.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) Completing 24 total hours is not enough by itself; the ethics hours must also meet the classroom or live-webinar format requirement.
- B) Provider approval does not cure the format problem; 215 ILCS 5/500-35 conditions the 3 ethics hours on live delivery.
- D) Ethics hours do count toward the 24-hour total; the limitation is on the delivery format, not on the counting.
Memory hook
Ethics must be live: classroom or webinar, never self-paced.