Sec. 4101.056. EXEMPTION FROM EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT. (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter is not required to pass an examination under Section 4101.054 to receive the license if the applicant:

(1) had been principally engaged in the investigation, adjustment, or supervision of losses on August 27, 1973, and during the 90-day period preceding that date;

(2) is applying for a renewal license under this chapter;

(3) is licensed as an adjuster in another state with which a reciprocal agreement has been entered into by the commissioner; or

(4) has completed a course in adjusting losses as prescribed and approved by the commissioner and it is certified, by a form signed by a person described by Subsection (b)(2), to the commissioner on completion of the course that the applicant has:

(A) completed the course; and

(B) passed an examination, in a manner described by Subsection (b)(2), testing the applicant's knowledge and qualification, as prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) An applicant wishing to claim an exemption under Subsection (a)(4) must:

(1) schedule the required examination; and

(2) take the required examination in a testing environment that is controlled, supervised, and proctored by a disinterested third party approved by the commissioner to administer the examination.

(c) In this section, "disinterested third party" means an individual who:

(1) is not related to an applicant by consanguinity or affinity as a first cousin or within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity as described by Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code; and

(2) is not an employee or a subordinate of the applicant.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 433 (S.B. 569), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.