§1664. Application for claims adjuster license

            A. Any person who is either employed or contracts to perform services in Louisiana as an adjuster shall obtain a license to do so from the Department of Insurance. A person applying for a claims adjuster license shall make application to the commissioner of insurance on the appropriate uniform application or other application required by the commissioner of insurance.

            B. The applicant shall declare under penalty of perjury and under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of the license that the statements made in the application are true, correct, and complete to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief.

            C.(1) In order to make a determination of eligibility, the commissioner of insurance is authorized to require fingerprints of applicants and submit the fingerprints and the fee required to perform the criminal history record checks to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for state and national criminal history record checks. The commissioner of insurance shall require a criminal history record check on each applicant in accordance with this Part. The commissioner of insurance shall require each applicant to submit a full set of fingerprints in order for the commissioner of insurance to obtain and receive National Criminal History Records from the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

            (2) All business entities applying to do business as independent adjusting companies shall provide a listing of all executive officers and directors of the applicant and of all executive officers and directors of entities controlling and any individuals controlling, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the applicant. In order to make a determination of eligibility, the commissioner may require any person listed pursuant to this Paragraph to submit addresses, social security numbers, criminal and administrative history, fingerprints, background checks, and biographical statements. For purposes of this Section, "control" has the meaning provided in R.S. 22:691.2.

            (3) The commissioner of insurance may contract for the collection, transmission, and resubmission of fingerprints required under this Section. If the commissioner of insurance does so, the fee for collecting, transmitting, and retaining fingerprints shall be payable directly to the contractor by the person. The commissioner of insurance may agree to a reasonable fingerprinting fee to be charged by the contractor.

            (4) The commissioner of insurance may waive submission of fingerprints by any person that has previously furnished fingerprints and whose fingerprints are on file with the Central Repository of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), its affiliates, or subsidiaries.

            (5) The commissioner of insurance is authorized to receive criminal history record information in lieu of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information that submitted the fingerprints to the FBI.

            (6) The commissioner of insurance is authorized to submit electronic fingerprint records and necessary identifying information to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), its affiliates, or subsidiaries for permanent retention in a centralized repository. The purpose of such a centralized repository is to provide insurance commissioners with access to fingerprint records in order to perform criminal history record checks.

            Acts 2006, No. 783, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1210.74 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 1007, §1; Acts 2011, No. 94, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 174, §1.