State RegulationsNC specificDifficulty 2/5
A North Carolina producer completed fewer than the required credit hours by the end of her biennial continuing education compliance period. To keep her license from lapsing, the Commissioner may:
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Why B is correct
Under G.S. 58-33-130(c), a producer who fails to meet the continuing education requirement faces lapse of the license, but the Commissioner may grant an extension for good cause and/or charge a $75 administrative fee in lieu of lapse. Waivers are confined to military service or long-term physician-certified medical disability under 11 NCAC 6A .0802(i). The penalty-range options misapply sanction provisions meant for violations of Chapter 58, not continuing education shortfalls.
Why the other options are wrong
- A: The statute does not let the Commissioner simply shrink the required hours; the available tools are an extension for good cause and/or the $75 administrative fee under G.S. 58-33-130(c).
- C: The $100 to $1,000 range is the general civil penalty under G.S. 58-2-70(d) for violations of Chapter 58; it is not the mechanism for curing a continuing education deficiency.
- D: The $1,000 to $5,000 range punishes willful violation of a cease-and-desist order under G.S. 58-63-50; it has no application to a continuing education shortfall.
Memory hook
Missed CE? $75 or good cause keeps the license alive.