| State |
Description |
File |
| Alabama |
The examination
must be administered by an impartial third-party proctor, who must sign
an affidavit attesting to the fact that the student received no outside
assistance in the completion of the final examination.
*General
Monitor affidavit needed. |
 |
| Alaska |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Arizona |
Self-study exams
must be monitored by a CE provider director or a designee of the
provider who is an Arizona licensee who supervises the student
completing an exam. The monitoring process must ensure that the student
will complete the exam and that the specified conditions of
administration are observed. Exams must be kept sealed until the exam
starts. The monitor and licensee must sign the Affidavit of Personal
Responsibility.
Arizona specific affidavit
is needed. |
|
| Arkansas |
A
Disinterested Third Party must proctor all correspondence course
examinations. Proctors must provide an affidavit attesting under oath
or affirmation that the correspondence or electronic course examination
was proctored, that the examination was provided in a manner specified
by the correspondence course provider, and that they are not part of or
aware of any efforts to circumvent the requirements of the examination.
Arkansas
specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| California |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Colorado |
Final exams are required to be monitored by a disinterested third party
monitor. The monitor cannot be a family member, nor can it be someone
who has a financial interest.
*General Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Connecticut |
Self-study course
may receive continuing education approval provided they include an
examination on course material approved by the commissioner and
administered by an impartial and disinterested person who shall not be
in the direct line of supervision of any person taking the examination,
nor have any financial interest in the success of any person taking the
examination.
* General Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Delaware |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| District of
Columbia |
Final exams are
required to be monitored by a disinterested third party monitor. The
monitor cannot be a family member, nor can it be someone who has a
financial interest.
* General
Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Florida |
No monitor required for Online Exams - Agents are
required to acknowledge their understanding that the course examination
must be completed unassisted by any person and will agree to this at the
end of each online course prior to taking final examination. |
N/A |
| Georgia |
Final exams are required to
be monitored by a disinterested third party monitor. The monitor cannot
be a family member, nor can it be someone who has a financial interest.
* General
Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Hawaii |
Final exams are required to be monitored by a disinterested third party
monitor An examination shall not be administered by
a person who:
(1) Is
related to, or is a business associate of, the licensee taking the
examination; or
(2) Has a financial interest of a licensee taking the examination.
* General Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Idaho |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Illinois |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Indiana |
When taking the
self-study examination, the producer shall do all of the following:
(A) Sign an affidavit, supplied by the provider, that states the
producer did not use outside help such as an open textbook or another
individual, in taking the examination.
(B) A second producer must sign the affidavit verifying
that the second producer witnessed the first producer’s examination and
no outside help was used.
A producer who
takes the examination at a testing center that administers tests for
professional designations may have a representative of the testing
center sign the affidavit rather than a licensed producer.
Indiana specific affidavit
is needed. |
|
| Iowa |
Exams must be closed book and monitored by a
disinterested third party monitor or a representative of the provider.
Iowa specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Kansas |
Examinations are
required to monitored by a Disinterested Third Party Monitor. Monitors
shall be not be affiliated in any way with the providing organization or
the licensee and shall be subject to approval by the commissioner or the
commissioner’s designee.
* General
Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Kentucky |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Louisiana |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Maine |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Maryland |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Massachusetts |
Self-study examinations must be proctored by an approved disinterested
third-party. The proctoring process must ensure that the examination
will be completed by the student, on a closed-book basis without
assistance, and the specified conditions of administration are observed.
Massachusetts specific
affidavit is needed. |
|
| Michigan |
It is the
provider’s responsibility to assure licensees complete exams without
assistance. Providers must use a disinterested third party to certify
this action or schedule separate testing sessions at a specified
location. A disinterested third party is a person who has no financial
interest in the success or failure of a licensee maintaining an
insurance license. The disinterested third party must also certify the
exam was closed book and no other assistance was used to obtain a
passing score on the exam.
* General
Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| Minnesota |
Online exams available only to Minnesota resident agents.
No monitor required for online exam. |
N/A |
| Mississippi |
Self-study final
exams are required to be monitored by a disinterested third party (i.e.
someone with no insurance business or family relationship to the
student).
Mississippi specific affidavit
is needed. |
|
| Missouri |
Self-study exams must be proctored by a Disinterested Third Party
Monitor. Open book examinations will not be allowed. The licensee will
not be allowed access to books, notes, or any other reference material
or information that would give them the answers to the examination
questions.
Missouri specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Montana |
A course
examination monitor must be a disinterested third party. The monitor
cannot be a member of the licensees’ family by birth, marriage or any
other recognizable family relationship. The monitor may not have
financial dependence on the licensee; this excludes employers,
employees, business partners or any other person who would benefit from
the licensee passing the examination from monitoring examinations.
Montana specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Nebraska |
Impartial “disinterested third party” who verifies identity and
processes affidavit testifying the student received no outside
assistance. A disinterested third party is someone with no family or
financial relationship to the student, or who is a licensed agent.
Nebraska specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Nevada |
Exams are
required to be monitored by:
1.) a manager or supervisor, or;
2.) a Training Director.
* General Monitor
Affidavit needed. |
|
| New Hampshire |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| New Jersey |
The monitor must
be an independent 3rd party who does not have any interest in
whether the licensee passes or fails the examination.
* General Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| New Mexico |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| New York |
Exams are closed
book and are required to be monitored by a New York State approved
monitor. Visit
this link -
NY Approved Monitor Search
-
to find an approved monitor in your area. Do
not begin the exam without a state approved monitor present. Beginning
the exam without the presence of a New York approved monitor will result
in loss of credit. Please present a valid
state ID to the monitor at the start of the exam to confirm your
identity. At the completion of the exam, monitors can fax their current
New York State Monitor Approval Document along with the monitor affidavit to Broker Educational
Sales & Training, Inc. at (727) 372-7585 or mail to Broker
Educational Sales & Training, Inc. at the address on the Monitor Affidavit.
NY specific affidavit is needed. |
Monitor
Affidavit
|
| North Carolina |
A proctored exam is required for certain self-study
courses:
1. Final exams that require a
textbook course with paper/pencil exam must be a proctored, closed-book
exam with no assistance provided to the student by a disinterested third
party (i.e., someone not concerned with respect to gain or loss
resulting from the exam).
2. Final exams that require a textbook course that allows the
student to submit the exam online must have a proctored, closed-book
exam with no assistance provided to the student by a disinterested third
party (i.e., someone not concerned with respect to gain or loss
resulting from the exam).
3. Online courses with online exams must be closed-book but do not
require a proctor.
A disinterested third party is
someone not concerned with respect to gain or loss resulting from the
exam.
North Carolina specific
affidavit is needed. |
 |
| North
Dakota |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Ohio |
Self-study examinations are
not required to be proctored. The student must complete an affidavit
certifying that he or she took the exam without assistance of another
person.
OH Affidavit of
Personal Responsibility is needed. |
|
| Oklahoma |
Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID)
requires that all Self-Study (Internet and Correspondence) exams must be
proctored by a disinterested third-party. OID defines a disinterested
third-party as an individual not related to the examinee, not an
immediate supervisor or employee of the examinee, and not concerned,
with respect to possible gain or loss, in the result of a pending course
final examination.
Oklahoma specific affidavit is
needed. |
|
| Oregon |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Pennsylvania |
The exam must be a
proctored, closed-book exam with no assistance provided to the student.
A disinterested third party (someone other than a supervisor or
relative) may proctor the exam.
Pennsylvania specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Rhode Island |
All
course exams must be supervised by an individual of authority (i.e.
manager or a training rep) or a disinterested third party.
* General Monitor Affidavit needed. |
|
| South
Carolina |
Exams must be
monitored by a state approved monitor or instructor.
South Carolina specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| South Dakota |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Tennessee |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Texas |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| Utah |
No monitor
required |
N/A |
| Vermont |
Self-study exams must be proctored by a disinterested third party. A
disinterested third party is a person who is not in the direct line of
supervision of nor has any financial interest in the success of the
person taking the exam. The proctoring process must ensure the exam
will be complete by the student, on a closed-book basis without
assistance.
Vermont specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Virginia |
The proctoring
process must ensure the examination will be completed by the student, on
a closed-book basis, without assistance. A proctor cannot be a co-worker,
relative, friend, or an acquaintance. The proctor must be over the age
of 18 years and unrelated to the student. Example of proctor -
librarian, supervisor, instructor, a person with a CPCU Designation.
Virginia specific affidavit is needed. |
|
| Washington |
No monitor required |
N/A |
| West
Virginia |
Self-study
examinations must be proctored by an approved disinterested third-party
and graded by the course provider. The proctoring process must ensure
that the examination will be completed by the student, on a closed-book
basis without assistance, and that the specified conditions of
administration are observed.
West Virginia specific
affidavit is needed. |
|
| Wisconsin |
An
approved proctor is an impartial, disinterested third party or currently
licensed agent with no family or financial relationship to the student.
The proctor shall verify the agent’s identity and complete an affidavit
supplied by the approved provider testifying that the agent received no
outside assistance. Membership in a professional
association/organization does not constitute a financial relationship.
Wisconsin specific affidavit
is needed. |
|
| Wyoming |
Exams are
required to be monitored by a Disinterested Third Party monitor.
* General
Monitor Affidavit needed. |
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