In proceedings and judicial reviews under Section 38-27-220, records of the insurer, other documents, insurance department files, and court records and papers, so far as they pertain to or are a part of the record of the proceedings, are and must remain confidential except as is necessary to obtain compliance, unless the circuit court, after hearing arguments from the parties in chambers, orders otherwise, or unless the insurer requests that the matter be made public. Until a court order, papers filed with the clerk of the circuit court must be held by him in a confidential file. HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-5-1930 [1982 Act No. 384, Section 11] recodified as Section 38-27-230 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 13, Section 19; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 610.
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