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62G.20 License for solicitor or agent.

Subdivision 1. No person shall act as a solicitor or agent for solicitation of subscribers on behalf of a legal service plan corporation, except an officer of the corporation, before obtaining a license from the commissioner. The license shall be granted to qualified persons only upon request of the legal service plan corporation. The commissioner may establish by rule reasonable standards of qualification.

Subd. 2. Applications for license shall be submitted to the commissioner on forms provided. Except as provided in subdivision 3, the applicant must pass a written examination reasonably designed to determine whether the applicant is qualified to be licensed as an agent or solicitor. The examination shall be pertinent to the contracts and coverage furnished by the legal service plan corporation. Prior to examination or reexamination, and prior to issuance or renewal of a license, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner the fees required for examination or reexamination for, and issuance or renewal of, an insurance agent's license for one line of insurance. The license shall expire May 31 of each year unless renewed by written request with payment of the renewal fees. The license shall not authorize a person to act as an insurance agent or solicitor.

Subd. 3. The commissioner may at any time after a hearing pursuant to sections 14.001 to 14.69, revoke or suspend a license if satisfied that the licensee is not qualified. An application for a new license or for reinstatement may be entertained one year after revocation or suspension, upon filing of a bond in the amount of $5,000 approved by the commissioner for protection of the public for a period of five years, or a lesser amount and period as the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner shall revoke or suspend a license upon written request by the legal service plan corporation or agent for which the licensee is licensed to act. The request shall include a statement of the specific facts constituting cause for termination. Information contained in a request is confidential and privileged and is not admissible, in whole or in part, in any action or proceeding without the written consent of the party submitting the request.

Subd. 4. A person is not qualified for a license if upon examination or reexamination it is determined that the person is incompetent to act as an agent or solicitor; has acted in any manner which would disqualify a person to hold a license as an insurance agent or solicitor under section 60A.l7, subdivision 6; fails to produce documents lawfully subpoenaed by the commissioner; or fails to appear at a hearing to which that person is a party or has been lawfully subpoenaed.

HIST: 1978 c 785 s 20; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 422 s 10

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