§ 522b-5a

522B.5A Criminal history check. 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’sfingerprints and reasonable fees required to perform a state criminal history check throughthe department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, and a national criminalhistory 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 purposeof 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

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 beencompleted. c. A renewal, reinstatement, or reissuance of a license if the license of a producer has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522B.11, the license of a public adjuster hasbeen revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522C.6, or the license of a viatical settlementprovider or viatical settlement broker has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section508E.4. d. An initial license as a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker in this state. e. An initial license as a public adjuster 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 aform 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 nationalcriminal history

afety. 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 nationalcriminal history check. The commissioner may agree to reasonable fees to be charged bythe third-party vendor and may require such reasonable fees to be paid by the applicantdirectly 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 anycriminal history check information shall not be subject to subpoena, other than a subpoenaissued in a criminal action or investigation, shall be confidential by law and privileged, andshall not be subject to discovery or be admissible in evidence in a private civil action. 2020 Acts, ch 1016, §7Referred to in §508E.3, 522B.5, 522B.10, 522C.5 Sat Dec 23 00:54:02 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 522B.5A (4, 0)