<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 58-4A-1 - Definition of terms. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2073976Normal { 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.s2073976SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073976CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2073976Normal-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.s2073976DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2073976Normal-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.s2073976000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073976SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073976SCL-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="s2073976Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-4A-1"><span class="s2073976SENU">58-4A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073976SENU">. </span><span class="s2073976CL">Definition of terms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073976Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-4A-1"><span class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">58-4A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-4A-17"><span class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">58-4A-17</span></a><span class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073976Normal-000001"><span class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Insurer," in addition to those persons defined under subdivision 58-1-2(12), any person or entity transacting insurance with or without a certificate of authority issued by the director of insurance. The term also means health maintenance organizations, legal service insurance corporations, prepaid limited health service organizations, dental and other similar health service plans, and, notwithstanding subdivision 58-1-3(1), fraternal benefit societies;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073976Normal-000001"><span class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Statement," includes any application for insurance, notice, statement, proof of loss, denial, bill of lading, receipt for payment, invoice, account, estimate of property damages, bill for services, diagnosis, prescription, hospital or medical records, X-rays, test results, or other evidence of loss, injury, or expense, whether oral, written, or computer-generated; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073976Normal-000001"><span class="s2073976DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Designee," the Department of Labor and Regulation, the attorney general, any state's attorney, any duly constituted criminal investigative department or agency of the State of South Dakota or of the United States, any county or municipal law enforcement agency having investigative jurisdiction, and any other person whose services are contracted for by the insurance fraud prevention unit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073976Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073976000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073976Normal"><span class="s2073976SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073976SCL-000003"> SL 1999, ch 241, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 20; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2073976SCL-000003">11-1</span></a><span class="s2073976SCL-000003">), § 162, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html>