642.036  Sales representatives to be licensed and appointed.--Sales representatives of legal expense insurers shall be licensed, appointed, renewed, continued, reinstated, or terminated as prescribed in chapter 626 for insurance representatives in general, and shall pay the license and appointment fees prescribed in s. 624.501. No employee or sales representative of an insurer may directly or indirectly solicit or negotiate insurance contracts, or hold herself or himself out in any manner to be an insurance agent or solicitor, unless so qualified, licensed, and appointed therefor under the insurance code.