Section 20-336.03 - [See Note for Conditional Repeal] Navigators; licensingA. A person who applies for a navigator license shall apply to the director on a form prescribed by the director and shall declare under penalty of license denial, suspension or revocation that the statements made in the application are true, correct and complete to the best of the knowledge and belief of the applicant or the applicant's duly authorized representative. The applicant shall provide information concerning the applicant's identity, personal history, business record and experience in insurance and any other pertinent fact the director requires.B. Before the director approves an individual's navigator application, the director shall find that the individual: 1. Is at least eighteen years of age.2. Has not committed any act that is a ground for license denial, suspension or revocation as prescribed in section 20-295 and has not been convicted of a misdemeanor involving fraud or dishonesty.3. Has provided evidence of navigator certification from the United States department of health and human services.4. Has submitted a full set of fingerprints to the director and successfully completed a criminal history records check in a manner prescribed by the director.5. Has identified the entity with which it is affiliated and supervised.C. A business entity that acts as a navigator, supervises the activities of individual navigators or receives funding to perform navigator activities shall obtain a navigator entity license. Before the director approves a business entity's navigator application, the director shall find that the business entity: 1. Has not committed any act that is a ground for license denial, suspension or revocation as prescribed in section 20-295 and has not been convicted of a misdemeanor involving fraud or dishonesty. 2. Has designated an individually licensed navigator who is responsible for the business entity's compliance with the insurance laws of this state.D. A business entity's navigator application shall also include the names of all members, officers and directors of the business entity. For any individual who is identified pursuant to this subsection, the director may require the applicant to provide the information required for a license as an individual.E. The department of insurance and financial institutions shall submit the fingerprints received pursuant to subsection B of this section to the department of public safety for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The department of public safety may exchange the fingerprint data it receives pursuant to this subsection with the federal bureau of investigation.F. Unless the person is licensed for that line of authority pursuant to this title, a navigator may not: 1. Sell, solicit or negotiate insurance in this state for any class or classes of insurance. 2. Recommend, endorse or offer opinions about the benefits, terms and features of a particular health benefit plan or offer an opinion about which health benefit plan is better or worse for a particular individual or employer.3. Provide any information or services related to a health benefit plan or another product not offered in the exchange.4. Engage in any unfair method of competition or any fraudulent, deceptive or dishonest act or practice.G. The expiration date for a navigator license issued to a person who also holds a license pursuant to this title is the same as the expiration date for the insurance producer license.Amended by L. 2020, ch. 37,s. 38, eff. 8/25/2020.Added by L. 2014, ch. 153,s. 3, eff. 7/24/2014. For conditional repeal, see L. 2014, ch. 153, s. 7, which provides that A.R.S. Title 20, chapter 2, article 3.4 is repealed if, on or before January 1, 2024, 42 U.S.C. section 18031 relating to health benefit exchanges is declared unconstitutional by the U.S. supreme court or is repealed by the U.S. congress.