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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-10B-11" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="10B" subtitle_name="Private Review Agents">
  <text>A private review agent may not:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>violate any provision of this subtitle or any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>fail to meet the requirements for certification under this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>obtain or attempt to obtain certification based on inaccurate information;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtain or use a certificate;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>fail to make available the services of sufficient numbers of registered nurses, medical records technicians, or similarly qualified persons supported and supervised by appropriate physicians to carry out its utilization review activities;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>fail to meet any applicable regulations the Commissioner adopts under this subtitle relating to the qualifications of private review agents or the performance of utilization review;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>fail to protect the confidentiality of medical records in accordance with applicable State and federal laws;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>use criteria and standards to conduct utilization review unless the criteria and standards used by the private review agent are:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>objective;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>clinically valid;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>compatible with established principles of health care; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>flexible enough to allow deviations from norms when justified on a case-by-case basis; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>act as a private review agent without holding a certificate issued under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
