1. (a) The commissioner is authorized to issue a license to a qualified applicant after the applicant has personally taken and passed a written examination to the satisfaction of the commissioner, unless the applicant is exempt from examination requirements.
2. (b) Persons not required to take the examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license are those who hold the designations of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).
3. (c) Minimum recommended study materials are suggested for review by all applicants preparing for the qualifying examination. This material is not meant to be a comprehensive study of risk management, but includes the basic concepts and techniques which will be included in the examination. A bibliography of supplemental material will be provided with the examination request form. The minimum recommended study material is available through Risk Management Society Publishing, Inc., 205 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017 and is The Risk Management Process by Dr. George Head (also available in Spanish).
4. (d) The examination shall be designed to test the qualifications and competency of each applicant to be a risk manager and shall be of sufficient scope to reasonably test each applicant's knowledge of risk management and the duties and responsibilities of a risk manager under the laws of this state and rules of the board.

5. (e) The board shall determine the times and places for licensing examinations and shall give reasonable public notice of the examinations in the manner provided in this subchapter.

   1. (1) Each applicant will be mailed a schedule showing places and dates on which examinations are conducted and an examination request form.
   2. (2) At least 20 days prior to the desired examination date, the examination request form must be received by Risk Manager's Licensing, Licensing Group, State Board of Insurance, 1110 San Jacinto Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78701-1998.
6. (f) The board will notify, in writing, each examinee of the results of the examination not later than 30 days after the examination date or not later than 30 days after the board receives the results from a national testing service. If the results will be delayed for more than 90 days after the examination date, the board will notify each examinee of the reason for the delay.
7. (g) If requested in writing by a person who fails an examination administered under the Insurance Code, Article 21.14-1, the board will furnish the person with an analysis of the person's performance on the examination.
8. (h) An applicant who fails an examination may retake the examination on payment of an additional examination fee and filing an examination request form as prescribed by subsection (e)(2) of this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.1310 adopted to be effective May 4, 1989, 14 TexReg 1934.