Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The
following licensee records shall be public records in accordance with
47:1A-1 et seq.:
1. Individual licensee: Name, license
reference number, business name, business mailing and location address,
business telephone and fax numbers, date of birth, license authorities, date
first licensed, date of license examination, current license issue date,
professional qualification, date last licensed or current license expiration
date; names of companies for which notice of agency contracts have been filed,
date of agency contract and date of termination of agency contract if any, and
limits on authority if any; names and reference numbers of licensed
organizations for which the producer serves as a licensed officer or partner,
date became a licensed officer or partner and date terminated if any; names and
reference numbers of employed or employing producers, date relationship began
and terminated.
2. Licensed
organization: Legal name of producer, license reference number, other business
name if any, business mailing and location address; license authorities, date
first licensed, date last licensed or current expiration date, names and
reference numbers of licensed officers and partners; names and reference
numbers of insurance companies for which notice of agency contracts have been
filed, agency contract date and termination date if any, limits of authority if
any; names and reference numbers of employed producers, date relationship began
and terminated.
(b) The
following licensee records are specifically determined to be nonpublic records
in accordance with
47:1A-1 et seq.:
1. Criminal complaints, indictments,
judgments of conviction and other separate documents submitted in connection
with a license application concerning whether an applicant is disqualified by
reason of conviction of a crime;
2.
Criminal history records obtained as the result of any criminal history
check;
3. Petitions or discharges
in bankruptcy, complaints, orders or other pleadings in actions for assignment
to creditors and other separate documents submitted in connection with a
license application concerning whether the applicant is disqualified by reason
of unworthiness;
4. Copies of
orders of suspension or revocation issued by professional or occupational
licensing authorities, and other separate documents submitted in connection
with a license application concerning whether the applicant is disqualified by
reason of unworthiness;
5. Records
concerning the medical disability of any licensee;
6. Investigative files in any matter pending
investigation, or in any completed investigation in which no formal
disciplinary action was taken; and
7. Records identified in
17:22A-43.
(c) Upon request by any person, the
Department shall issue a certification of the license status of any currently
licensed producer or producer licensed within the preceding four years. Such
certification shall contain the licensee's name, date of birth, license
reference number, whether currently licensed or expired, kinds of insurance for
which authorized whether qualified by examination or the equivalent, and
whether any formal disciplinary action was taken during the last four
years.
(d) Nothing in this section
shall compel the Department to maintain licensee records beyond normal
retirement or destruction schedules as approved by the Division of State
Library, or to retrieve and provide a copy of any written record required to be
filed with the Department when the information requested is available as a
certified abstract of information contained in the Department's electronic data
processing system.
