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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="20-517" title_number="20" title_name="Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Policies for Covered Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant whose application for insurance has been rejected or a policyholder whose policy has been canceled for a reason other than nonpayment of premiums may appeal the decision to a special board within 10 days after receipt of notice of the rejection or cancellation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The special board consists of two members of the Board of Trustees and the Commissioner or designee of the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Executive Director may not sit on the special board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The special board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may affirm, reverse, or modify the decision on the record; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on at least 10 days’ written notice to the applicant, may hold a hearing and then affirm, reverse, or modify the decision.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The current policy of a policyholder who appeals the decision to the special board remains in effect until the special board decides the appeal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Fund shall notify the Motor Vehicle Administration immediately after:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Fund cancels a policy or terminates coverage of an insured; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Fund rejects an application for insurance and the action is final because:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the rejection was not appealed to the special board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the special board does not reverse or modify the decision to cancel as to require issuance of a policy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
