Texas gives Life and Health-focused applicants a broad route called General Lines - Life, Accident, Health and HMO. This guide explains that lane, the exam-before-application rule, fingerprinting, and the one-time temporary license option in a way that feels less like a portal manual.
TDI’s licensing page for this line is one of the best pages to build around because it covers not just the initial application, but also fingerprints, non-resident rules, temporary licensing, and the management tasks people eventually care about later.
Texas is fairly clear about where people stumble: applying before the exam, waiting too long after passing, or missing the fingerprint step.
This is one of the nicer Texas-specific details to call out because it is genuinely helpful and not every state has the same version of it.
No. TDI says resident applicants need to pass the exam before applying or they will need to file a new application and pay the fee again.
TDI says you must file the application within one year of passing the exam or you will need to retake it.
No. TDI presents it as a one-time 180-day option that cannot be renewed and is tied to the exam and supervised training path.
The most natural next page is the Texas CE guide, because renewal and annuity rules are where students usually start comparing course options.
That page covers the Texas CE totals, classroom-equivalent rule, deficiency fines, and the annuity certification lane in one place.
