OAR 836-071-0112: Social Security Numbers; Insurance Producer Applications

(1) An applicant for an insurance producer license shall furnish the Social Security number of the applicant as provided in the application form. (2) The Director may collect Social Security numbers submitted in applications under this rule and may use a Social Security number of an individual when authorized to do so for the purposes specified in this section. In addition to the governmental uses for which a Social Security number is required in an application under federal and state law, when authorized by the holder of a Social Security number, the Director may use a Social Security number for any of the following purposes: (a) As an identification number in maintaining records and reporting grades or examination scores; (b) For licensing purposes; and (c) For use by other government agencies to carry out their statutory duties. (3) In addition to the governmental uses for which a Social Security number is required in an application under federal and state law, an applicant may voluntarily allow use by the Director of the Social Security number of the applicant, as the Director may request in the application form, for the purposes specified in section (2) of this rule. Refusal to voluntarily allow such use of the Social Security number will not result in the denial of any individual right, benefit or privilege provided by law.