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Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 4427

Rulemaking authority - Civil penalty

Added by Laws 1987, c. 175, § 31, eff

A. The Insurance Commissioner may adopt rules to implement the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. The Commissioner may adopt rules that apply to all providers of long-term care insurance coverage, whether or not a provider is otherwise subject to the provisions of the Insurance Code, and that include, but are not limited to, standards for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosure for the sale of long- term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations, exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions, and definition of terms. The Commissioner may issue reasonable rules to establish minimum standards for marketing practices, agent compensation, agent testing, penalties and reporting practices for long-term care insurance. B. In addition to any other penalties provided by the laws of this state, any insurer and any agent found to have violated any requirement of this state relating to the regulation of long-term care insurance or the marketing of such insurance shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to three (3) times the amount of any commissions paid for each policy involved in the violation or up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) whichever is greater.

Official source: Oklahoma Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oklahoma statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.