2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 - Insurance
RS 22:1806.9 - Enforcement

§1806.9. Enforcement

A. The commissioner may conduct examinations of providers, administrators, insurers, or other persons to enforce the provisions of this Part and protect home service contract holders in this state. Upon request of the commissioner, a provider shall make all accounts, books, and records concerning service contracts sold by the provider available to the commissioner which are necessary to enable the commissioner to reasonably determine compliance or noncompliance with this Part.

B. The commissioner may take action which is necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this Part and the commissioner's orders to protect service contract holders in this state.

(1) The commissioner may order a person to cease and desist from committing violations of this Part or the commissioner's orders, may issue an order prohibiting a home service contract provider from selling or offering for sale home service contracts, revoke or suspend the registration of any home service contract provider, or may issue an order imposing a civil penalty, or any combination of these, if the provider has violated this Part or the commissioner's regulations or orders.

(2) A person in violation of this Part or orders of the commissioner may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation and no more than ten thousand dollars in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature.

Acts 2009, No. 101, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.