Tennessee § 40-11-401 - Continuing education required.
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§ 40-11-401. Continuing education required.
Each professional bail bondsman or bonding agent individually, including partners, officers and directors of a corporation engaged for profit who are qualified as professional bail bondsmen or bonding agents, making bonds or entering into undertakings as surety in criminal proceedings as defined in § 40-11-301 , shall obtain eight (8) hours of continuing education credits during each twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997. For the purpose of this part, “agent” means a professional bail bondsman or professional bail bonding agent, including those who are licensed as limited insurance representatives by the department of commerce and insurance pursuant to title 56, chapter 6, part 1 and the regulations of that department. Acts 1996, ch. 856, § 1; 1997, ch. 265, §§ 1, 2. Code Commission Notes. The former last sentence of this section, concerning the exclusion from this part of agents holding limited insurance representative licenses until July 15, 1998, was deemed obsolete by the code commission in 2006. Compiler's Notes. Title 56, chapter 6, part 1, referred to in this section, was repealed by Acts 2002, ch. 798, § 1, which deleted former part 1 and replaced it with current part 1, effective January 1, 2003.
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Section 40-11-401 ("Continuing education required.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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