20-289.01. Inactive license or application status during military service

A. A licensee or applicant who is ordered into active military service may request that the license or application be placed on inactive status by sending the department a written statement that includes all of the following:

1. The licensee's name.

2. The licensee's license number or social security number.

3. The date that the active military service begins.

4. A request for inactive status.

B. The license or application is deemed to be on inactive status while the licensee or applicant is in active military service.

C. A licensee whose license is on inactive status:

1. Shall not sell, solicit or negotiate insurance.

2. May receive renewal or other deferred commissions for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the licensee was required to be licensed under this article at the time of the sale, solicitation or negotiation and held an active license at that time.

D. The time periods for submission of the license renewal fee and for completion of the applicable renewal requirements prescribed in this article and the continuing education requirements that are prescribed in chapter 18, article 1 of this title and that apply to a licensee with an active license are extended for a licensee whose license is on inactive status by the number of days that the licensee is in active military service. A licensee applying for renewal under this section shall include, with the renewal application, a copy of the documentation from the armed forces showing the period of time that the licensee was in active military service.

E. For the purposes of this section, active military service does not include periodic and routine service as a military reservist.