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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="10-110" title_number="10" title_name="Regulation of Insurance Professions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Insurance Producers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner may appoint an advisory board for life and health insurance and an advisory board for property and casualty insurance to assist the Commissioner in reviewing continuing education courses, examinations, and other matters relating to the education and qualification of insurance producers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Commissioner appoints a life and health insurance advisory board, the life and health insurance advisory board shall consist of at least eight members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member of the advisory board shall be experienced in the business of life insurance or health insurance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The advisory board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may include insurance producers and employees or officers of insurers; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall include at least two members who are insurance producers with valid licenses issued in the State in that kind of insurance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Commissioner appoints a property and casualty insurance advisory board, the property and casualty insurance advisory board shall consist of at least eight members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member of the advisory board shall be experienced in the business of property insurance or casualty insurance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The advisory board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may include insurance producers and employees or officers of insurers; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall include at least two members who are insurance producers with valid licenses issued in the State in that kind of insurance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member of an advisory board under this section is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member is eligible for reappointment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Commissioner may stagger the terms of members of each advisory board under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A member of an advisory board under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if authorized by the Commissioner, is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
