SUBPART G. PAYMENT, REBATE, AND CREDIT OF
INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES
§451. Payments and rebates charged against insurance deductibles; sellers of goods or services prohibited
A. No person selling or engaged in the sale of goods or services shall:
(1) Advertise or promise to provide goods or services.
(2) Offer to pay, pay, or rebate all or part of any insurance deductible, under a property or casualty insurance policy, to a consumer as part of any arrangement for goods and services paid for by the consumer from proceeds of a property or casualty insurance policy.
(3) Charge an amount, for such goods or services, that exceeds the usual and customary charge by an amount equal to or greater than all or part of the applicable insurance deductible paid.
B. No person insured under a property or casualty insurance policy shall submit a claim or knowingly allow a claim to be submitted under the policy for payment of any goods or services that are in violation of Subsection A.
C. An insured person shall be held in violation of this Section, unless he, the insured, promptly notifies the insurer of suspected excessive charges or other violations made by the person selling or engaged in the sale of goods or services.
D. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, for each offense, and each offense shall constitute a separate violation.
Acts 1991, No. 608, §2.
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