Ch. 271

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

least once every 30 days at such times and places as the Commissioner may determine.
[The applicant shall pay to the Commissioner a fee of $15 for each examination.] An
applicant failing to attain a passing grade after 3 trials shall be required to wait 3 months
from the date of his last previous trial before applying again, and failing to pass after 6
times, shall be required to wait 1 year from the date of his last previous trial before
applying again. Any person who has taken and failed to pass an examination is not
entitled to take any further examination until 14 days after the date of the last
examination which that person failed.

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(d) The fee prescribed in § 41 shall be paid to the Commissioner by the applicant
for such public adjuster's license at the time the application is made, and biennially for
the renewal thereof. If the applicant be a corporation, partnership or association, such fee
shall be paid for each individual specified in the license.

(g) The Commissioner shall in order to determine the competency of such
applicant for a license to act as a public adjuster require such applicant to submit to a
written examination [for which a $15 fee shall be charged].

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(f)     The Commissioner shall, in order to determine the trustworthiness and
competency to act as an insurance adviser of each individual applicant, other than an
applicant who is a member in good standing of one of the actuarial organizations or
professional societies specified in subsection (d), require every such individual to take
and pass, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, a personal written examination. [An
examination fee of $15 shall be charged.] The Commissioner shall satisfy himself as to
the trustworthiness of each individual applicant for such license who shall be a member in
good standing of one of the actuarial organizations or professional societies specified in
subsection (d). In the case of application for renewal license, such examination shall not
be required, unless the Commissioner determines that an examination is advisable in
order to determine the trustworthiness or competency of such individual.

(g)     At the time of application for every such license and for every annual renewal
thereof, there shall be paid to the Commissioner by each individual applicant, other than
an applicant to whom a license is issued because of his membership, in good standing, of
one of the actuarial organizations specified in subsection (d) of this section, the fee
prescribed in § 41; provided, however, that if such applicant is a nonresident licensed as
an insurance adviser in the state of his residence the fee for such license and renewals
thereof shall be the same as the fees payable in the applicant's state of residence, but such
licensed adviser shall not advise as to life and health insurance.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Insurance

2-104.

(J) (1) SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS UNDER
THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER MAY

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