(a) Sections 60K.30 to 60K.56 govern the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of insurance producers.
(b) Except as to the underlying requirement that a surplus lines agent or broker obtain an insurance producer license, this chapter does not apply to surplus lines agents or brokers licensed under sections 60A.195 to 60A.209 , except as provided in sections 60K.39 and 60K.53, subdivision 2 .