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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-805" 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 section, “claim form” means any document supplied by an insurer to a claimant that a claimant is required to complete and submit in support of a claim for benefits.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all applications for insurance and all claim forms, regardless of the form of transmission, shall contain the following statement or a substantially similar statement:</text>
      <text>“Any person who knowingly or willfully presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or who knowingly or willfully presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.” </text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The lack of the statement required by paragraph (1) of this subsection does not constitute a defense in any legal proceeding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reinsurance applications or claim forms; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the uniform claims form for reimbursement of hospital services or the uniform claims form for reimbursement of health care practitioners services adopted by the Commissioner under § 15–1003 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
