Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1621) of Part 2 of Division 1 does not apply to any of the following, nor shall any of the following be required to be licensed as life agents:

(a) Any officer of a local lodge of a society, while acting as such, if that officer (1) does not effect insurance, (2) solicits or negotiates only as a part of, and in connection with, the business of a fraternal agent licensed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11101, and (3) is not remunerated on a commission basis.

(b) Any member of a society who does not effect insurance and whose solicitation or negotiation is incidental to the securing of new members for the society and whose only remuneration therefor consists of prizes in the form of merchandise or payments of a nominal amount. This subdivision does not exempt from the provisions of Chapter 5 nor from the license requirement of Section 11101 any person remunerated on a regular salary or commission basis or employed either full or part time for the purpose of soliciting or negotiating fraternal benefit insurance.

(c) Any person directly employed by a society at the home or a branch office thereof who does not solicit or negotiate fraternal benefit insurance and who receives no commissions but who may, as a part of his or her regular employment, sign policies, certificates, or other evidences of fraternal benefit insurance.

(d) Any person whose employment does not include the solicitation, negotiation, or effecting of fraternal benefit insurance contracts and who does not sign policies, certificates, or any other evidences of those contracts.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 111.)