Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-6755
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Examination and enforcement of act
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A. After initial registration, and upon complaint or proper
cause shown, providers, administrators, insurers or other persons
shall be subject to periodic examination by the Insurance
Commissioner, in the same manner and subject to the same terms and
conditions that apply to insurers.
B. The Commissioner may take action which is necessary or
appropriate to enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act and the orders of the Commissioner and to protect
service contract holders in this state.
1. If a provider has violated the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act or the Commissioner’s rules or orders, the Commissioner
may issue an order directed to that provider to cease and desist
from committing violations of the Oklahoma Home Service Contract Act
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 1362
or the Commissioner's rules or orders, may issue an order
prohibiting a service contract provider from selling or offering for
sale service contracts in violation of the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act, suspend that provider’s registration or may issue an
order imposing a civil penalty on that provider, or any combination
of the following, as applicable:
a. a person aggrieved by an order issued under this
paragraph may request a hearing before the
Commissioner. The hearing request shall be filed with
the Commissioner within twenty (20) days of the date
the Commissioner's order is effective,
b. if a hearing is requested, an order issued by the
Commissioner under this section shall be suspended
from the original effective date of the order until
completion of the hearing and final decision of the
Commissioner, and
c. at the hearing, the burden shall be on the
Commissioner to show why the order issued pursuant to
this paragraph is justified. The hearing requested
under this section shall be held in accordance with
the Administrative Procedures Act and the laws and
rules of the Insurance Department.
2. The Commissioner may bring an action in any court of
competent jurisdiction for an injunction or other appropriate relief
to enjoin threatened or existing violations of the Oklahoma Home
Service Contract Act or of the Commissioner’s orders or rules. An
action filed under this paragraph may also seek restitution on
behalf of persons aggrieved by a violation of the Oklahoma Home
Service Contract Act or orders or rules of the Commissioner.
3. A person who is found to have violated the Oklahoma Home
Service Contract Act or orders or rules of the Commissioner may be
assessed a civil penalty in an amount determined by the Commissioner
of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per violation and no
more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in the aggregate for all
violations of a similar nature. For purposes of this section,
violations shall be of a similar nature if the violation consists of
the same or similar course of conduct, action, or practice,
irrespective of the number of times the act, conduct, or practice
which is determined to be a violation of the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act occurred. This act is administrative only and nothing
in this act shall be construed to create a private cause of action
hereunder.
cause shown, providers, administrators, insurers or other persons
shall be subject to periodic examination by the Insurance
Commissioner, in the same manner and subject to the same terms and
conditions that apply to insurers.
B. The Commissioner may take action which is necessary or
appropriate to enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act and the orders of the Commissioner and to protect
service contract holders in this state.
1. If a provider has violated the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act or the Commissioner’s rules or orders, the Commissioner
may issue an order directed to that provider to cease and desist
from committing violations of the Oklahoma Home Service Contract Act
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 1362
or the Commissioner's rules or orders, may issue an order
prohibiting a service contract provider from selling or offering for
sale service contracts in violation of the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act, suspend that provider’s registration or may issue an
order imposing a civil penalty on that provider, or any combination
of the following, as applicable:
a. a person aggrieved by an order issued under this
paragraph may request a hearing before the
Commissioner. The hearing request shall be filed with
the Commissioner within twenty (20) days of the date
the Commissioner's order is effective,
b. if a hearing is requested, an order issued by the
Commissioner under this section shall be suspended
from the original effective date of the order until
completion of the hearing and final decision of the
Commissioner, and
c. at the hearing, the burden shall be on the
Commissioner to show why the order issued pursuant to
this paragraph is justified. The hearing requested
under this section shall be held in accordance with
the Administrative Procedures Act and the laws and
rules of the Insurance Department.
2. The Commissioner may bring an action in any court of
competent jurisdiction for an injunction or other appropriate relief
to enjoin threatened or existing violations of the Oklahoma Home
Service Contract Act or of the Commissioner’s orders or rules. An
action filed under this paragraph may also seek restitution on
behalf of persons aggrieved by a violation of the Oklahoma Home
Service Contract Act or orders or rules of the Commissioner.
3. A person who is found to have violated the Oklahoma Home
Service Contract Act or orders or rules of the Commissioner may be
assessed a civil penalty in an amount determined by the Commissioner
of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per violation and no
more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in the aggregate for all
violations of a similar nature. For purposes of this section,
violations shall be of a similar nature if the violation consists of
the same or similar course of conduct, action, or practice,
irrespective of the number of times the act, conduct, or practice
which is determined to be a violation of the Oklahoma Home Service
Contract Act occurred. This act is administrative only and nothing
in this act shall be construed to create a private cause of action
hereunder.
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