§27-8A-2. Failure to comply; extensions.

(a) Any person failing to meet the requirements imposed by this chapter, and who has not been granted an extension of time pursuant to this chapter, or who has submitted to the commissioner a false or fraudulent certificate of compliance shall, after a hearing thereon which hearing may be waived by the person, be subjected to the suspension of all licenses issued for any kind or kinds of insurance, and no further license shall be issued to the person for any kind or kinds of insurance until the person shall have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commissioner that he or she has complied with all of the requirements of the chapter and all other laws applicable thereto.

(b) The commissioner may grant a three-month extension for complying with the continuing education requirement under this chapter. To receive an extension under this subsection, a licensee shall file a request with the commissioner on a form provided by the commissioner. After a licensee files a request for an extension, the license of the licensee remains in effect until the commissioner makes a decision on the request. If the commissioner denies a licensee's request for an extension, the licensee shall complete continuing education requirements under this chapter within thirty days after the commissioner notifies the licensee of the denial.

(c) The commissioner may grant an extension for more than three months upon a showing that the licensee is unable to perform the normal duties of an insurance producer or upon other similar special circumstances as may be approved by the commissioner.

(Acts 1996, No. 96-343, p. 423, §2; Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §14.)