EXEMPTION FROM EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT

(a) An applicant for a license under this chapter is not required to pass an examination under Section 4101.054 to receive the license if the applicant: (1) had been principally engaged in the investigation, adjustment, or supervision of losses on August 27, 1973, and during the 90-day period preceding that date; (2) is applying for a renewal license under this chapter; (3) is licensed as an adjuster in another state with which a reciprocal agreement has been entered into by the commissioner; or (4) has completed a course in adjusting losses as prescribed and approved by the commissioner and it is certified, by a form signed by a person described by Subsection (b)(2), to the commissioner on completion of the course that the applicant has: (A) completed the course; and (B) passed an examination, in a manner described by Subsection (b)(2), testing the applicant's knowledge and qualification, as prescribed by the commissioner. (b) An applicant wishing to claim an exemption under Subsection (a)(4) must: (1) schedule the required examination; and (2) take the required examination in a testing environment that is controlled, supervised, and proctored by a disinterested third party approved by the commissioner to administer the examination. (c) In this section, "disinterested third party" means an individual who: (1) is not related to an applicant by consanguinity or affinity as a first cousin or within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity as described by Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code; and (2) is not an employee or a subordinate of the applicant.