(a)  The commissioner of insurance shall prohibit the use of a certificate of insurance form if the form:

(1)  Is unfair, misleading, or deceptive, or violates public policy; or

(2)  Violates any law, including any regulation promulgated by the commissioner of insurance.

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(b)  A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not affirmatively or negatively amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the policy to which the certificate of insurance makes reference. A certificate of insurance shall not confer to any person new or additional rights beyond what the referenced policy of insurance expressly provides.

History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 408, § 1.