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1.In determining eligibility for licensure, the commissioner is authorized to require
an applicant pursuant to subsection 2 to provide to the commissioner the applicant’s
fingerprints and reasonable fees required to perform a state criminal history check through
the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, and a national criminal
history check through the federal bureau of investigation. By submitting such fingerprints,
the applicant authorizes the commissioner to do all of the following:
a.Submit the applicant’s fingerprints to the department of public safety, division of
criminal investigation, for submission to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose
of conducting a national criminal history check.
b.Receive the results of the state and national cr
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1. In determining eligibility for licensure, the commissioner is authorized to require
an applicant pursuant to subsection 2 to provide to the commissioner the applicant’s
fingerprints and reasonable fees required to perform a state criminal history check through
the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, and a national criminal
history check through the federal bureau of investigation. By submitting such fingerprints,
the applicant authorizes the commissioner to do all of the following:
a. Submit the applicant’s fingerprints to the department of public safety, division of
criminal investigation, for submission to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose
of conducting a national criminal history check.
b. Receive the results of the state and national criminal history checks.
2. The commissioner is authorized to require a state and national criminal history check
on each applicant that applies for any of the following:
a. An initial license in Iowa as a resident insurance producer.
b. An initial license or an additional line of authority under a nonresident insurance
producer license if a state and national criminal history check has not already been
completed.
c. A renewal, reinstatement, or reissuance of a license if the license of a producer has
been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522B.11, the license of an adjuster has
been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522C.13, the license of a viatical settlement
provider or viatical settlement broker has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section
508E.4, or the license of an appraiser or an umpire has been revoked or suspended pursuant
to section 522F.20.
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d. An initial license as a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker in this
state.
e. An initial license as an adjuster in this state.
f. An initial license as an appraiser in this state.
g. An initial license as an umpire in this state.
3. The commissioner shall require an applicant pursuant to subsection 2 to submit a full
set of fingerprints and any other required identifying information to the commissioner on a
form prescribed by the department of public safety.
4. The commissioner may contract with a third-party vendor for the collection and
transmission of an applicant’s fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a state and national
criminal history check. The commissioner may agree to reasonable fees to be charged by
the third-party vendor and may require such reasonable fees to be paid by the applicant
directly to the third-party vendor.
5. The results of a criminal history check conducted pursuant to this section shall not
be considered a public record pursuant to chapter 22. An applicant’s fingerprints and any
criminal history check information shall not be subject to subpoena, other than a subpoena
issued in a criminal action or investigation, shall be confidential by law and privileged, and
shall not be subject to discovery or be admissible in evidence in a private civil action.