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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:40:1424",
  "title_number": "40",
  "section_number": "1424",
  "citation": "R.S. 40:1424",
  "heading": "Reporting suspected fraud",
  "text": "A. If any person or any insurer, any employee thereof, or any insurance professional has knowledge of or has reason to believe that a violation of R.S. 22:1923, 1924, or 1925 will be, is being, or has been committed, that person shall notify the section of insurance fraud in the Department of Insurance, in accordance with R.S. 22:1926.\n\nB. All applications for insurance and all claim forms provided and required by an insurer or required by law as a condition of payment of a claim shall contain a statement, permanently affixed to or included as a part of the application or claim form, that clearly states in substance the following:\n\n\"Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.\"\n\nC. The lack of the statement required by Subsection B of this Section shall not constitute a defense in any criminal prosecution. The statement shall not be required to appear on applications and forms relating to reinsurance.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "40",
      "name": "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "6",
      "name": "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "STATE POLICE"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "B",
      "name": "INSURANCE FRAUD INVESTIGATION UNIT"
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  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 40 › Chapter 6 › Part III › Subpart B",
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      "act_year": 1999,
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      "act_year": 2008,
      "act_number": 415,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1999, No. 1312, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 598, §2; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.",
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