376.2014.  Applicability — severability — rulemaking authority. — 1.  The requirements of sections 379.930 to 379.952 and chapters 375, 376, 407 and any related rules shall apply to navigators.  The activities and duties of a navigator shall be deemed to constitute transacting the business of insurance.

  2.  If any provision of sections 376.2000 to 376.2014 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction or by federal law, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of sections 376.2000 to 376.2014 that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.  The provisions of sections 376.2000 to 376.2014 are severable, and the valid provisions or applications shall remain in full force and effect.

  3.  The director may promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer the provisions of sections 376.2000 to 376.2014.  Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 376.2000 to 376.2014 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028.  Sections 376.2000 to 376.2014 and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2013, shall be invalid and void.