A. As used in this article:

"Proof of compliance" shall mean all documents, forms and fees specified by the Board for (i) filing proof of completion of Board-approved continuing education courses for the appropriate number of hours and for the appropriate content or (ii) filing proof of meeting the exemption requirements set forth in subsection B of § 38.2-1871.

"Received by the Board or its administrator" shall mean delivered into the possession of the Board or its administrator at the business address of the Board's administrator.

B. Each agent holding one or more licenses subject to the continuing education requirements of this article shall complete all continuing education course, exemption, or waiver requirements and shall submit to the Board or its administrator proof of compliance with or exemption from the continuing education requirements in the form and manner required by the Board by no later than December 31, or the next working day thereafter if December 31 falls on a weekend, of each even-numbered year.

C. Agents who have completed all continuing education course, exemption, or waiver requirements by December 31 but failed to demonstrate proof of compliance by failing to pay the filing fee imposed by the Board shall be permitted to pay such filing fee for an additional period of time, until the close of business on January 31, or the next working day thereafter if January 31 falls on a weekend, of the following year, but only if the agent pays, in addition to the filing fee, a late filing penalty of $100, payable to the Board in such manner as may be prescribed by the Board. No agent whose proof of compliance is received during this period shall be considered in compliance with the continuing education requirements unless the filing fee and the late filing penalty described herein are paid by the close of business on January 31, or the next working day thereafter if January 31 falls on a weekend.

D. Failure of an agent to furnish proof of compliance by the dates specified in subsections B and C and pay any applicable filing penalty shall result in license termination as set forth in § 38.2-1869.

E. Agents seeking a waiver of some or all of the course credit requirements for a biennium pursuant to § 38.2-1870 shall submit all documentation, forms, and fees specified by the Board so as to be received by the Board or its administrator no later than the deadlines set forth in subsections B and C.

F. Any agent holding one or more licenses subject to this article who fails to submit complete documentation showing proof of compliance with continuing education requirements, as well as all specified forms and fees, so as to be received by the Board or its administrator by the close of business on the dates described in this section shall be deemed to be in noncompliance with the requirements of this article.

G. All fees specified by the Board shall be nonrefundable once received by the Board or its administrator, except that duplicate payments may be refunded.

1996, c. 159; 1998, c. 46; 2000, c. 522; 2001, c. 706; 2006, c. 589; 2012, c. 294; 2016, c. 285; 2018, c. 668.