(1) A candidate for an insurance producer license examination that undertakes home self-study in lieu of attending a lecture class or proctored self-study, must contact an approved prelicensing insurance education provider to purchase the required course materials.

(2) A list of approved prelicensing insurance education providers is available on the commissioner's website at www.insurance.wa.gov.

(3) The candidate must complete all prelicensing insurance education requirements set forth in WAC 284-17-510.

(4) After completion of the program of home self-study, the petitioner must provide verification of completion of each course to the prelicensing insurance education provider before the provider can issue a certificate of completion. A certificate of completion is required before the candidate will be admitted to the insurance licensing examination.

(5) The prelicensing insurance education provider must keep accurate purchase and completion rosters of all students participating in home self-study.

(6) "Home self-study" means a form of study using course materials approved by the commissioner and completed away from an insurance school and a course other than a lecture or classroom course. It includes approved internet-based online courses accessed from a home computer. The course materials may include textbooks, CDs or reading material accessed online from the insurance school's website.