(215 ILCS 5/512.54) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.59-54)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
Sec. 512.54. Application and Examination.
(a) Each application for a Public Insurance Adjuster license shall be made on a form specified by the Director. The application shall be signed by the applicant and shall contain the applicant's declaration, under penalty of refusal, suspension or revocation of the Public Insurance Adjuster license, that the statements made in the application are true, correct and complete to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief. Before approving the application, the Director shall be satisfied that the applicant (1) is an individual at least 18 years of age, and (2) is competent, trustworthy and of good business reputation.
(b) Applicants for a Public Insurance Adjuster licensee shall pass a written examination. The examination shall reasonably test the knowledge of the applicant concerning the applicable insurance laws and rules and regulations of the Director and the duties and responsibilities of a Public Insurance Adjuster. All examinations provided for by this Section shall be conducted under rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Director, and the Director may make such arrangements as may be appropriate, including contracting with an outside testing service for administering such examinations. Any charges assessed by any such testing service for administering such examinations shall be paid directly by the individual applicants.
Each person subject to an examination shall at the time of request for examination enclose with the application a non-refundable application fee made payable to the Director as provided in Section 512.63, plus a separate remittance if applicable made payable to the designated testing service for the total of such fees as the testing service charges for each of the various services being requested by the applicant. In the event an applicant appears and fails to pass, such person shall not be entitled to any refund and shall be required to submit a new request for examination together with all of the requisite fees before being rescheduled at a later date.
(c) An applicant who becomes a resident of this State and who has filed with the Director certification by a public official having supervision of Public Insurance Adjusters in the prior state of residency evidencing that the applicant has passed a written examination and has held a public insurance adjuster license in good standing for the prior 24 months is not required to complete the examination required by paragraph (b). However, the Director may require the applicant to take that portion of the examination pertaining to Illinois law and rules and regulations of the Director.
(d) The Director may issue a Public Insurance Adjuster license to any applicant who is not an Illinois resident without an examination only if (1) the applicant holds a like license from his state of residence, and (2) the applicant's state of residence accepts Illinois residents for licensing, and (3) the state in which the applicant resides requires no examination of Illinois resident Public Insurance Adjusters, and (4) the public official having supervision of Public Insurance Adjusters in the applicant's state of residence certifies that the applicant has passed a written examination.
(e) The Director may issue a Public Insurance Adjuster license to any applicant who is not an Illinois resident and who cannot meet the requirements of paragraph (d) if the applicant passes a written examination in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 84-832.)
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