Any authority granted pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be effective only while a permanent underlying life agent’s license and registration in accordance with the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority remains in full force and effect. The provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 1704 relating to the inactivation and reactivation of the underlying life agent’s license, and the renewal thereof, shall apply to any authority issued pursuant to this article, except that references to agency appointments and terminations shall relate only to the underlying life agent’s license. The authority may be revoked, suspended, or otherwise affected for the same reasons and by the same procedures as a life agent’s license.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 411, Sec. 48. (AB 1416) Effective January 1, 2012.)