<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 58-18B-38 - Prohibited activities of small employer carriers or insurance producers. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2075492Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2075492SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075492CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075492Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2075492DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075492Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2075492000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075492SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075492SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2075492Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-18B-38"><span class="s2075492SENU">58-18B-38</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075492SENU">. </span><span class="s2075492CL">Prohibited activities of small employer carriers or insurance producers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075492Normal-000000"><span class="s2075492DefaultParagraphFont">No small employer carrier or insurance producer may, directly or indirectly, engage in the following activities:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075492Normal-000001"><span class="s2075492DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Encouraging or directing small employers to refrain from filing an application for coverage with the small employer carrier because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation, or geographic location of the small employer; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075492Normal-000001"><span class="s2075492DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Encouraging or directing small employers to seek coverage from another carrier because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation, or geographic location of the small employer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075492Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075492000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075492Normal"><span class="s2075492SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075492SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 281, § 33; SL 2001, ch 286, § 123.</span></p></div></body></html>