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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 75 - PROPERTY, CASUALTY, AND TITLE INSURANCE GENERALLY
Section 38-75-775 - Coverage of licensed health care providers.
SC Code § 38-75-775 (2012) What's This?
(A) All property and casualty insurance carriers issuing medical malpractice policies of insurance within South Carolina for licensed health care providers, as defined in Section 38-79-410, shall provide and maintain coverage to all qualified applicants who timely remit payments for the coverage period and who meet and comply with the provisions of Chapter 75 of Title 38, all underwriting criteria of the policy at the time of issuance and renewal and with all other applicable statutes and regulations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute a mandate to write medical malpractice insurance coverage.
(B) The provisions of this section apply only to policies written on or after January 1, 2006.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 32, Section 7, eff July 1, 2005 for causes arising after that date; 2005 Act No. 144, Section 2.B, eff June 7, 2005.
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