Section 10-503 - Prohibited acts. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-503. Prohibited acts.
 

(a)  In general.- An adjuster, appraiser, or insurance producer or employee of an insurer may not: 

(1) recommend the use of a specific repair service or source for the repair or replacement of property damage to a motor vehicle without informing the claimant or insured that the claimant or insured does not have to use the recommended repair service or source; 

(2) require that an appraisal or repair be made in a specific repair shop; 

(3) require that a claimant or insured use a specific contractor or repair shop for a repair service or repair product; or 

(4) intimidate, coerce, or threaten a claimant or insured to use a specific contractor or repair shop for a repair service or repair product. 

(b)  Remuneration for recommendations.- An adjuster or appraiser may not accept a gratuity or other form of remuneration from a repair service for recommending that repair service to a claimant or insured. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 490Q; 1995, ch. 36; 2001, ch. 731, § 1.]