1070                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 553

(g) Examination.

The Commissioner shall in order to determine the competency of
such applicant for a license to act as a public adjuster eg public
adjuster solicitor, require such applicant to submit to a written
examination for which a $10.00 fee shall be charged.

(h) Signature and verification.

An application for a public adjuster license must be signed and
verified by the applicant and, if made by a partnership or associa-
tion, by each member thereof, and if made by a corporation, by each
officer and director thereof who is to be authorized to act as a public
adjuster.

(i) Additional members; corporations, associations or partner-
ships.

A corporate, association, or partnership licensee may at any time
apply for the issuance of a supplemental license which authorizes
the addition of qualified individuals to act as public adjusters, eg as
public adjuster solicitors.

(j) License refusal, revocation or suspension.

Whenever the Commissioner shall be satisfied that an applicant
for, or holder of, a license (1) has violated any provisions of this
article, or (2) has made a material misstatement in the application
for such license, or (3) has engaged in fraudulent or dishonest
practices, or (4) has demonstrated his incompetency or untrust-
worthiness to transact the business of a public adjuster, eg public
adjuster solicitor, or (5) has owned or acquired any direct or indi-
rect financial interest in any property, real or personal, which is the
subject of a loss adjusted by him or it, or had any direct or indirect
financial interest in the sale of any salvage, or in the renovation,
restoration or repair of any property real or personal, which was the
subject of a loss adjusted by him or it or was engaged in the business
of restoring, renovating, constructing, building, or repairing real or
personal property of any kind, the Commissioner may refuse an
original or renewal license or revoke the license, as the case may be,
or he may suspend the license for such length of time as he may
think proper.

(k) Exceptions; Adjusters and attorneys at law.

This section shall not apply to an adjuster for or an agent or em-
ployee of an insurer or group of insurers under common control or
ownership, who as representative of such insurer or group, adjusts
loss or damage under policies issued by such insurer or group, nor
to a broker acting as adjuster without compensation for an insured
for whom he is acting as a broker. This section shall not apply to at-
torneys at law who are not regularly engaged in the services author-
ized by this section to be performed by public adjusters and who do
not hold themselves out by sign, advertisement or otherwise as offer-
ing such services to the general public.

(1) Exceptions to examination requirements.

No examination shall be required of any individual who was
licensed as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor in this State
on June 1, 1963.