§ 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.

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