Any person acting or offering to act as an insurance producer for a risk retention group or purchasing group that solicits members, sells insurance coverage, purchases coverage for its members located within this state or otherwise does business in this state shall, before commencing any such activity, obtain a license as an insurance producer from the director under ORS Chapter 744. [1987 c.774 § 108; 1989 c.701 § 71; 2003 c.364 § 94]