Rhode Island General Laws 27-30-12. Enforcement
The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, issue rules and regulations as the commissioner deems appropriate for the supervision of this chapter. Whenever the commissioner finds that there has been a violation of this chapter or any rules or regulations issued pursuant to it, after written notice of the violation and hearing given to the insurer or other person authorized or licensed by the commissioner, he or she shall set forth the details of the findings together with an order for compliance by a specified date. The order shall be binding on the insurer and other persons authorized or licensed by the commissioner on the specified date unless sooner withdrawn by the commissioner or a stay from the order has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. The commissioner may set forth by regulation prima facie reasonable premium rates, together with corresponding safe-harbor benefit provisions, which premium rates shall be conclusively presumed reasonable in relation to the benefits provided when used for policies containing such benefit provisions.
History of Section.
P.L. 1959, ch. 91, § 12; P.L. 2009, ch. 292, § 4; P.L. 2009, ch. 293, § 4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-30-12
- Commissioner: means the director of the department of business regulation or his or designee. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-30-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6