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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-801" title_number="27" title_name="Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Reporting and Preventing Insurance Fraud">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Fraud Division” means the Insurance Fraud Division in the Administration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Insurance fraud” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a violation of Subtitle 4 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>theft, as set out in §§ 7–101 through 7–104 of the Criminal Law Article:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>from a person regulated under this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>by a person regulated under this article or an officer, director, agent, or employee of a person regulated under this article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a violation of § 9–1106 of the Labor and Employment Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other fraudulent activity that is committed by or against a person regulated under this article and is a violation of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Title 1, Subtitle 3 of the Agriculture Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Title 19, Subtitle 2 or Subtitle 3 of the Business Regulation Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Title 14, Subtitle 29, § 11–810 or § 14–1317 of the Commercial Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Criminal Law Article other than Title 8, Subtitle 2, Part II or § 10–614;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Title 12, Subtitle 9 of the Financial Institutions Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>§ 14–127 of the Real Property Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>§ 6–301 of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>§ 109 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>§ 4–103 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Carroll County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>§ 8A–1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Talbot County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
