626.7851  Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.--No applicant for a license as a life agent, except for a chartered life underwriter (CLU), shall be qualified or licensed unless within the 4 years immediately preceding the date the application for a license is filed with the department he or she has:

(1)  Successfully completed 40 hours of classroom courses in insurance satisfactory to the department at a school or college, or extension division thereof, or other authorized course of study, approved by the department;

(2)  Successfully completed a correspondence course in insurance satisfactory to the department and regularly offered by accredited institutions of higher learning in this state, approved by the department;

(3)  Held an active license in life, or life and health, insurance in another state. This provision may not be utilized unless the other state grants reciprocal treatment to licensees formerly licensed in Florida; or

(4)  Been employed by the department for at least 1 year, full time in life or life and health insurance regulatory matters and who was not terminated for cause, and application for examination is made within 90 days after the date of termination of his or her employment with the department.