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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 55 - CONDUCT OF INSURANCE BUSINESS
Section 38-55-160 - Insuring uninsurable persons with intent to defraud.
SC Code § 38-55-160 (2012) What's This?
It is unlawful for an agent, physician, or any other person to insure or knowingly cause to be insured or reinstated in membership an infirm or unhealthy person, in an uninsurable condition, with intent to defraud.
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-55-160 [1962 Code Section 37-1216; 1964 (53) 2293] recodified as Section 38-57-160 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 CodeSection 38-9-230 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-159; 1962 Code Section 37-159] recodified as Section 38-55-160 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 219.
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