A. The director of the securities division of the regulation and licensing department shall promulgate, by rule, training guidelines or a standardized training curriculum that broker-dealers and investment advisers may use. A broker-dealer or investment adviser may develop the broker-dealer’s or investment adviser’s own training as approved by the director. The training required by this section may include indicators of financial exploitation of an eligible adult and the process for reporting suspected financial exploitation both internally and to the agencies.

B. A broker-dealer or investment adviser shall provide training concerning the financial exploitation of eligible adults to its employees who are required to be registered in New Mexico as agents or investment adviser representatives and who have contact with eligible adults and access to account information on a regular basis and as part of their job.