2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 — Insurance
RS 22:1574 — Bail bond apprentice program

§1574. Bail Bond Apprentice Program

A.(1) The Bail Bond Apprentice Program is hereby created.

(2) The Bail Bond Apprentice Program shall be available only to persons who meet current bail bond producer licensing requirements as provided for in Chapter 5 of this Title and who have not been convicted of a felony.

(3) Apprentices shall complete the registered insurance producer and bail bond producer prelicensing program as provided for in R.S. 22:1571 before the end of the apprenticeship program.

B. The Bail Bond Apprentice Program shall consist of six consecutive months of employment by a Louisiana Department of Insurance licensed bail bond producer. The apprentice shall be supervised by the producer during the six-month period and work for no less than twenty-four hours per week. The apprentice shall observe the bail bond producer, perform every phase of the bail bond business, and shall perform duties in every phase of the bail bond business except for the solicitation, negotiation, quotation of fees, and the execution of a bail bond.

C. The supervising bail bond producer shall maintain records to support that the apprentice has worked the required number of hours. These records shall include time sheets and pay stubs, and shall be made available for examination and review to the Department of Insurance upon request.

D.(1) Upon completion of the required six months of work experience, without expulsion, the apprentice and the supervising bail bond producer shall certify, on a form provided by the Department of Insurance, that the apprentice has completed all of the requirements of the apprentice program. This form shall be a notarized sworn affidavit, completed under penalty of perjury.

(2) No person shall be permitted to sit for an examination as a bail bond producer until completion of this apprenticeship program and until the required certification of the completion has been submitted to the Department of Insurance along with the required application for testing and licensure.

E. The program created by the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the provisions of this Title, and nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to permit the payment of commissions to an unlicensed producer.

Acts 2010, No. 731, §1; Acts 2011, No. 94, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.