ON-DEMAND CONTINUING EDUCATION; REQUIREMENTS.

45.301 ON-DEMAND CONTINUING EDUCATION; REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.On-demand course requirements. An on-demand continuing education course offered online must: (1) specify the minimum system requirements; (2) provide encryption that ensures that all personal information, including the student's name, address, and credit card number, cannot be read as it passes across the Internet; (3) include technology to guarantee seat time; (4) include a high level of interactivity; (5) include graphics that reinforce the content; (6) include the ability for the student to contact an instructor within a reasonable amount of time; (7) include the ability for the student to get technical support within a reasonable amount of time; (8) include a statement that the student's information will not be sold or distributed to any third party without prior written consent of the student. Taking the course does not constitute consent; (9) be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, excluding minimal down time for updating and administration; (10) provide viewing access to the online course at all times to the commissioner, excluding minimal down time for updating and administration; (11) include a process to authenticate the student's identity; (12) inform the student and the commissioner how long after its purchase a course will be accessible; (13) inform the student that license education credit will not be awarded for taking the course after it loses its status as an approved course; (14) provide clear instructions on how to navigate through the course; (15) provide automatic bookmarking at any point in the course; (16) provide questions after each unit or chapter that must be answered before the student can proceed to the next unit or chapter; (17) include a reinforcement response when a quiz question is answered correctly; (18) include a response when a quiz question is answered incorrectly; (19) include a final examination; (20) allow the student to go back and review any unit at any time, except during the final examination; (21) provide a course evaluation at the end of the course. At a minimum, the evaluation must ask the student to report any difficulties caused by the online education delivery method; and (22) provide a completion certificate when the course and exam have been completed and the provider has verified the completion. Electronic certificates are sufficient. § Subd. 2.Final examination. The final examination must be either an encrypted online examination or a paper examination that is monitored by a proctor who certifies that the student took the examination. The student must not be allowed to review the course content once the examination has begun. History: 2022 c 74 s 5