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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 31.04.19.06" title_num="31" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="19" heading="Use of Noncompliant Forms.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If an insurer uses a form which becomes effective under a file and use method and the form is found by the Commissioner to be noncompliant, the Commissioner may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Disapprove the form by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Giving notice of the disapproval;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Showing cause for the disapproval; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Stating the effective date of the disapproval in the notice; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Impose a penalty as provided under Insurance Article, §4-113, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commissioner may remove file and use authority from an insurer upon a finding that the insurer has made inappropriate or noncompliant filings under this method with such frequency as to constitute a business practice.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>