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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="10-104" title_number="10" title_name="Regulation of Insurance Professions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Insurance Producers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a license to act as an insurance producer for insurance other than life insurance, health insurance, or annuities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a limited lines license to act as an insurance producer for limited line credit insurance other than credit life insurance or credit health insurance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a limited lines license to act as an insurance producer for a line of insurance described in §§ 10–122 through 10–125 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To qualify for a license to which this section applies, an individual applicant must meet the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An applicant must be of good character and trustworthy based on the standards of § 10–126 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An applicant must be at least 18 years of age.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An applicant may not have committed any act that the Commissioner finds would warrant denial of a license under § 10–126 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In the case of an applicant for a limited lines license to act as an insurance producer for limited line credit insurance, the applicant shall complete successfully a program of instruction that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provided by an insurer that sells, solicits, or negotiates limited line credit insurance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>designed to provide a comprehensive and accurate explanation of the product.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The insurer that provides the program of instruction shall retain records relating to the program of instruction while in use and for a period of at least 5 years after its last use.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The records shall include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>copies of the instructional materials; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a list of the applicants and producers who have successfully completed the program of instruction.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The insurer shall make available to the Commissioner the records relating to the program of instruction at the request of the Commissioner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the applicant must pass an examination given by the Commissioner under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>An applicant for a limited lines license to act as an insurance producer for limited line credit insurance need not meet the examination requirements of subsection (g) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>An applicant may be licensed as to any particular kind or kinds of insurance.</text>
  </level>
</section>
