State RegulationsNC specificDifficulty 2/5
An accident and health producer in Asheville completes her biennial compliance period but is short of the required continuing education credits. What happens to her license?
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Why D is correct
Under G.S. 58-33-130(c), a licensee who fails to complete the required 24 ICECs per biennial compliance period — including 3 hours of ethics required by 11 NCAC 6A .0802 — has her license lapse, unless the Commissioner grants an extension for good cause and/or charges a $75 administrative fee in lieu of lapse. The consequence attaches on the first shortfall, not after repeated failures, which is why producers track CE well before the period ends.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) There is no automatic fine that preserves licensure; under G.S. 58-33-130(c) the default consequence of a CE shortfall is lapse.
- B) A 30-day automatic suspension and restoration is not the statutory remedy; the license lapses subject to the extension or $75 fee in lieu of lapse under G.S. 58-33-130(c).
- C) The first compliance shortfall triggers the lapse mechanism under G.S. 58-33-130(c); no two-strikes rule exists.
Memory hook
Miss CE, lose the license — unless good cause or $75 buys it back.