§795. Educational seminars; authority; initial license application seminar; renewal application seminar; exceptions

A. The commission has authority to do all of the following:

(1) Require both initial applicants and licensees seeking a renewal of their licenses, pursuant to R.S. 32:791, to attend educational seminars.

(2) Promulgate and adopt any rule for establishing educational seminar curriculum, requiring certain materials to be used, employing any person, and incurring any expense necessary to administer the seminars.

(3) Require seminar attendees to complete a test comprised of ten questions approved by the commission and to obtain a minimum score of seventy percent in order to receive credit for satisfactory completion of the seminar.

(4) Require that an initial license application seminar shall not exceed six hours in length and require that a renewal application seminar shall not exceed four hours in length.

(5) Approve and create a uniform certificate to be issued upon satisfactory completion of an educational seminar.

B. Each initial license application shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the commission, as described in Subsection D of this Section, documenting that a minimum of one owner, partner, officer, or local dealership manager of the dealer applicant has completed an educational seminar. For each initial license application seminar, the seminar shall include materials from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, the Department of Revenue, and any other information the commission deems necessary to educate attendees and their employees regarding compliance with the law.

C. Each licensee seeking to renew his license shall certify that the owner, partner, officer, or local dealership manager of the dealer has completed an educational seminar prior to filing the renewal application with the commission. Any renewal application and seminar certification shall be completed during the license period.

D.(1) The commission may approve any educational institution, private vocational school, correspondence school, or trade association that meets its requirements to conduct educational seminars as required by this Section.

(2) Any educational institution, private vocational school, correspondence school, or trade association approved pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be reapproved by the commission every two years.

(3) Any educational institution, private vocational school, correspondence school, or trade association administering an educational seminar shall issue the uniform certificate of completion approved by the commission as required by Subsection A of this Section upon an attendee's satisfactory completion of the seminar.

E. Failure to satisfactorily complete an educational seminar as required by this Section is considered a violation of this Part.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, this Section shall not apply to any licensee who does not sell or rent used motor vehicles to consumers.

Acts 2018, No. 435, §1, eff. May 23, 2018.