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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="14-140" title_number="14" title_name="Entities That Act as Health Insurers" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Nonprofit Health Service Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not engage in the business of operating a nonprofit health service plan unless the person has a certificate of authority issued by the Commissioner under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person that violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>violate a provision of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make a willfully false statement in a written document required by this subtitle to be filed with the Commissioner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person that violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each violation or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person that willfully makes a false statement while under an oath administered by the Commissioner or designee of the Commissioner at an investigation or hearing conducted by the Commissioner or designee of the Commissioner is guilty of perjury.</text>
  </level>
</section>
