The department shall issue a license to an individual applicant to act as a funeral prearrangement life insurance agent on receipt of certification from an insurer authorized to write life insurance policies and fixed annuity contracts in this state that the applicant has:

1. (1) completed a course of study and instruction in compliance with this subchapter; and
2. (2) passed without aid a written examination administered by the insurer.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.