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27-7-30.3
Section 27-7-30.3 Confidentiality and disclosure of information. (a) Any documents, materials,
or other information in the control or possession of the department that is furnished by an
insurer, producer, or an employee or agent thereof acting on behalf of the insurer or producer,
or obtained by the commissioner in an investigation pursuant to Section 27-7-30, shall be
confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to any open records or freedom of
information laws, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery
or admissible in evidence in any private civil action. However, the commissioner is authorized
to use the documents, materials, or other information in the furtherance of any regulatory
or legal action brought as a part of the commissioner's duties. (b) Neither the commissioner
nor any person who received documents, materials, or other information while acting under
the authority of the commissioner shall be permitted or required to testify...
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37-3-2
Section 37-3-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, where not
in conflict with the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) BROKER. Any person not
included in the term "motor carrier" and not a bona fide employee or agent of any
such carrier, who or which, as principal or agent, sells or offers for sale any transportation
of property other than that transported by common carriers of passengers, subject to this
chapter, or negotiates for or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise
as one who sells, provides, furnishes, contracts, or arranges for the transportation. (2)
CERTIFICATE. A certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to
common carriers by motor vehicle. (3) COMMON CARRIER BY MOTOR VEHICLE. Any person who or which
undertakes, whether directly or by a lease or other arrangement, to transport passengers or
property or any class or classes of property for the general public in the State of...
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40-14B-1
Section 40-14B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) AFFILIATE. An affiliate of another person shall include any of the following:
a. A person who directly or indirectly either: 1. Beneficially owns 15 percent or more of
the outstanding voting securities or other voting ownership interests of the other person,
whether through rights, options, convertible interests, or otherwise; or 2. Controls or holds
power to vote 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting ownership
interests of the other person. b. A person owning 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting
securities or other voting ownership interests of which are directly or indirectly either:
1. Beneficially owned by the other person, whether through rights, options, convertible interests,
or otherwise; or 2. Controlled or held with power to vote by the other person. c. A partnership
or limited liability company in which the other person...
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12-12-31
Section 12-12-31 Small claims actions; attorney representation; when; attorney fees; prosecution
of assigned claims; license required. (a) The district court shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction
over all civil actions in which the matter in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs,
does not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000). These actions shall be placed on a small claims
docket by each district court and shall be processed according to uniform rules of simplified
civil procedure as may be promulgated by the Supreme Court. (b) A party, including an individual,
partnership, or corporation, may appear in cases on the small claims docket of district court
with or without representation by an attorney. If a partnership appears without representation
by an attorney, the person representing the partnership shall be a partner or employee of
the partnership and if a corporation appears without representation by an attorney, the person
representing the corporation shall be an officer or...
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22-1-11
Section 22-1-11 Making false statement or representation of material fact in claim or application
for payments on medical benefits from Medicaid Agency generally; kickbacks, bribes, etc.;
exceptions; multiple offenses. (a) Any person who, with intent to defraud or deceive, makes,
or causes to be made or assists in the preparation of any false statement, representation,
or omission of a material fact in any claim or application for any payment, regardless of
amount, from the Medicaid Agency, knowing the same to be false; or with intent to defraud
or deceive, makes, or causes to be made, or assists in the preparation of any false statement,
representation, or omission of a material fact in any claim or application for medical benefits
from the Medicaid Agency, knowing the same to be false; shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
The offense set out herein shall not be complete until the claim or application is received
by the Medicaid Agency or the contractor with the Medicaid Agency or its...
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25-4-78
Section 25-4-78 Disqualifications for benefits. An individual shall be disqualified for total
or partial unemployment for any of the following: (1) LABOR DISPUTE IN PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
For any week in which an individual's total or partial unemployment is directly due to a labor
dispute still in active progress in the establishment in which he or she is or was last employed.
For the purposes of this section only, the term labor dispute includes any controversy concerning
terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation
of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions
of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer
and employee. This definition shall not relate to a dispute between an individual worker and
his or her employer. (2) VOLUNTARILY QUITTING WORK. If an individual has left his or her most
recent bona fide work voluntarily without good...
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25-5-270
Section 25-5-270 Certain employers authorized to purchase insurance with optional deductibles.
(a) Each insurer issuing a policy under this article shall offer, as a part of the policy
or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles optional to the policyholder for
benefits payable under this article. Deductible amounts offered shall be fully disclosed to
the prospective policyholder in writing in the amount of $100.00, $200.00, $300.00, $400.00,
$500.00, or increments of $500.00 up to a maximum of $2,500.00 per compensable claim. The
policyholder exercising the deductible option shall choose only one deductible amount. (b)
If the policyholder exercises the option and chooses a deductible, the insured employer shall
be liable for the amount of the deductible for benefits paid for each compensable claim of
work injury suffered by an employee. The insurer shall pay all or part of the deductible amount,
whichever is applicable to a compensable claim, to the person or medical...
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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service; benefit
review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman
Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers,
and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the
Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate
in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information
to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers,
insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees.
(c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers'
Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a
claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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25-8-32.1
Section 25-8-32.1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Labor. (2) ELIGIBILITY
TO WORK FORM. A form issued by the head administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an
instructor of the school which a 14- or 15-year-old minor attends certifying satisfactory
grades and attendance of the minor in order for a 14- or 15-year-old minor to be employed.
(3) EMPLOY. To employ, permit, or suffer to work with or without compensation. (4) EMPLOYEE.
Any person employed by an employer, but shall not include an individual engaged in the activities
of an educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organization
where the employer-employee relationship does not in fact exist or where the services rendered
are on a voluntary basis. (5) EMPLOYER. Any owner or any person, entity, franchise, corporation,
or division of a corporation, government agency, or...
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27-2-13
Section 27-2-13 Conflicts of interest; additional compensation, etc. (a) The commissioner or
any deputy, examiner, assistant, or employee of the commissioner shall not be financially
interested, directly or indirectly, in any insurer, insurance agency, or insurance transaction
except as a policy holder or claimant under a policy; except, that as to such matters wherein
a conflict of interests does not exist on the part of any such individual, the commissioner
may employ or retain, from time to time, insurance actuaries, accountants, or other professional
personnel who are independently practicing their professions even though similarly employed
or retained by insurers or others. (b) The commissioner or any deputy, examiner, assistant,
or employee of the commissioner shall not be given, nor receive, any fee, compensation, loan,
gift, or other thing of value in addition to the compensation and expense allowance provided
by law for any service rendered, or to be rendered, as such...
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