Current as of: 2010 1. No denial of goods or services. Except as otherwise provided in federal or state law, a person, corporation or other entity may not deny goods or services to an individual because the individual refuses to provide a social security number. [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] 2. Exemptions. This section does not apply to: A. A person, corporation or other entity requesting disclosure of the social security number to obtain a consumer report for any purpose permitted under the Fair Credit Reporting Act or the United States Fair Credit Reporting Act; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] B. A supervised lender as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] C. A supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] D. An affiliate or subsidiary of a supervised lender as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301 or of a supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] E. A person, corporation or other entity that provides goods or services to the individual on behalf of or in conjunction with a supervised financial organization as defined in Title 9-A, section 1-301; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] F. A person, corporation or other entity engaged in the business of insurance and all acts necessary or incidental to that business including insurance applications, enrollment, coverage and claims; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] G. A person, corporation or other entity if the social security number is used in conjunction with the provision of and billing for health care or pharmaceutical-related services, including the issuance of identification cards and account numbers for users of health care or pharmaceutical-related services; [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] H. A person, corporation or other entity if the social security number is used in conjunction with a background check of the individual conducted by a landlord, lessor, employer or volunteer service organization; or [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] I. A person, corporation or other entity if the social security number is necessary to verify the identity of the individual to effect, administer or enforce a specific transaction requested or authorized by the individual or to prevent fraud. [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] [ 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) .] SECTION HISTORY 2003, c. 512, §1 (NEW) . ________________________________________________________________________
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