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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="13-117" title_number="13" title_name="Credit Life, Health, and Involuntary Unemployment Benefit Insurance" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After notice and hearing, the Commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Commissioner finds that an insurer or other person authorized or licensed by the Commissioner has violated this title or a regulation adopted under this title, then after written notice and a hearing, the Commissioner shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>set forth the details of the findings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue an order for compliance by a specified date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An order issued under subsection (b) of this section binds the insurer or other person authorized or licensed by the Commissioner on the date specified unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Commissioner withdraws the order before the specified date; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a court of competent jurisdiction orders a stay of the order of the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A party to a proceeding under this title that is aggrieved by an order of the Commissioner is entitled to judicial review in accordance with § 2-215 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The filing of an appeal from the withdrawal of approval of a form or rate previously in use operates as a stay, unless the court determines otherwise.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In addition to any other penalty provided by law, on proof satisfactory to the court, the court may impose on an insurer or other person that violates a final order of the Commissioner while the order is in effect a civil penalty not exceeding $250, or if the violation is willful, a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After notice and a hearing, the Commissioner may suspend or revoke the license, certificate of authority, or certificate of qualification of an insurer or other person that violates a final order of the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The order for suspension or revocation is subject to judicial review in accordance with § 2-215 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
