(a) All persons licensed under Division 2, Chapter 3 of the Business and Professions Code, commencing with Section 1200, whose license is in active status shall complete 12 contact hours of continuing education each calendar year. All persons licensed with more than one active license type pursuant to Division 2, Chapter 3 of the Business and Professions Code shall be able to renew all license types after completion of a total of 12 contact hours of continuing education each calendar year.

(b) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall provide the Department with the date, name and number of contact hours received for each continuing education program successfully completed by the licensee in the previous calendar year.

(c) The licensee shall retain continuing education documents received from approved providers under Section 1038.7 for a minimum of four years.

(d) A random sample of licensees shall be audited by the Department to determine compliance with the continuing education requirement. Those licensees selected for audit shall submit to the Department, within 30 calendar days of notification of selection, a copy of each document provided the licensee under section 1038.7(c) since the date of last license renewal.

(e) Any licensee who is found to have not successfully completed the continuing education requirement of this article will be placed in inactive status. The licensee shall have the right to appeal such findings to the Department. An appeal shall be conducted in compliance with chapter 5 (commencing with section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.