26-29-233. Licensing of agents.

(a) Agents of societies shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of the laws regulating the licensing, revocation, suspension or termination of license of resident and nonresident agents, provided that no examination shall be required of any agent licensed prior to the effective date of this act.

(b) No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of those contracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained.

(c) Any agent or representative of a society who devotes, or intends to devote, less than fifty percent (50%) of his time to solicitation and procurement of insurance contracts for the society is exempt from the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. Any person who in the immediately preceding calendar year solicited and procured life insurance contracts on behalf of any society in an amount of insurance in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), or, in the case of any other kinds of insurance which the society writes, on the persons of more than ten (10) individuals and who received or will receive a commission or other compensation therefor, is presumed to be devoting or intending to devote, fifty percent (50%) of his time to the solicitation or procurement of insurance contracts for the society. The person shall report sales of insurance under this subsection as required by the commissioner.