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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".20" citation="COMAR 31.14.01.20" title_num="31" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Waivers.">
  <text>The Commissioner may issue, upon written request and after an administrative hearing, an order to modify or suspend a specific provision or provisions of this chapter with respect to a specific long-term care insurance policy or certificate upon a written finding that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The modification or suspension would be in the best interest of the insureds;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The purposes to be achieved could not be effectively or efficiently achieved without the modification or suspension; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Either the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Modification or suspension is necessary to the development of an innovative and reasonable approach for insuring long-term care,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Policy or certificate is to be issued to residents of a life-care or continuing-care retirement community or some other residential community for the elderly, and the modification or suspension is reasonably related to the special needs or nature of that community, or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Modification or suspension is necessary to permit long-term care insurance to be sold as part of, or in conjunction with, another insurance product.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>