(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 10-2-202, in addition to other requirements for licensure as specified under this article and as a condition of initial licensure, an individual applicant for qualification in life, sickness and accident, or property and casualty lines shall be required to provide evidence to the commissioner that the individual applicant has satisfactorily completed an approved prelicensure education or training course or program as follows:
(I) An individual seeking insurance producer licensure authority for life insurance shall complete at least fifty hours of an approved course or program for certification in life insurance; and, of the said fifty hours, at least three hours shall pertain specifically to insurance industry ethics;
(II) An individual seeking insurance producer licensure authority for health coverage shall complete at least fifty hours of an approved course or program for certification in sickness and accident insurance; and, of the said fifty hours, at least three hours shall pertain specifically to insurance industry ethics;
(III) An individual seeking insurance producer licensure authority for property or casualty insurance or both shall complete at least fifty hours of an approved course or program for certification in property or casualty insurance or both; and, of the said fifty hours, at least three hours shall pertain specifically to insurance industry ethics.
(b) An individual seeking an insurance producer license to include life, sickness and accident, property, or casualty lines or any combination thereof shall not be eligible to take the written examination provided for in section 10-2-402 until the prelicensure education requirements specified in this subsection (1) pertaining to the line or lines of insurance applied for have been satisfied.
(2) The commissioner shall adopt all rules necessary to carry out the prelicensing education provisions of this section. Such rules shall set forth standards for courses and programs to qualify for approval by the commissioner and shall also prescribe a system of control and reporting.
(3) An individual seeking an insurance producer license shall pay to the commissioner, in addition to any other applicable fees or charges, a fee established by the commissioner in accordance with section 10-2-413 for operation of the prelicensing education program.
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