PSI administers California’s standalone Accident and Health or Sickness examination. CDI and PSI do not publish a numeric series code for this examination. Passing it is one licensing step, not a license.
Exam overview
- Exam summary
- Standalone California Accident and Health or Sickness examination; no official numeric series code is published.
- Exam-specific prerequisites
- Yes
- Prerequisite explanation
- The 12-hour course is required before license issuance; CDI recommends completion before testing, but PSI does not require it before the exam.
Exam structure
- Number of questions
- 75 scored questions plus 1–10 possible unscored experimental questions
- Exam duration
- 105 minutes
- Passing threshold / published scoring model
- 60 percent
- Exam format
- Computerized standalone Accident and Health or Sickness examination
- Testing method
- Both
- Exam content / topic overview
- Accident and health insurance concepts and California law under the current official outline.
Cost & attempts
- Exam fee
- $55 CDI examination fee plus a separate $43 PSI convenience fee for remote testing or a PSI test center
- Retake policy
- Re-register and pay again after failure. Ten failures of the examination type trigger a 12-month wait. Cancel or reschedule at least two business days before the appointment to preserve fees.
Scheduling & accessibility
- Scheduling instructions
- Schedule through PSI after completing the required first-time applicant referral and Sircon application gate.
Administrator (time-sensitive)
- Current exam administrator
- PSI
- Administrator last verified date
- 2026-08-24
- Official scheduling / reference source
- https://test-takers.psiexams.com/cadi
Source governance
- Official candidate handbook / exam outline
- https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/2562
- Primary authoritative source
- https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0200-industry/0045-lic-fees/
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-24
- Verification status
- Verified
- Effective date
- 2026-03-01
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-11-24
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