Section 3: False or misleading information on certificate
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Section 3.
(a)No person shall:
(i)knowingly prepare, issue, request or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance that contains any false or misleading information concerning the policy of insurance to which the certificate of insurance makes reference; or
(ii)prepare, issue, request or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance that purports to affirmatively or negatively alter, amend or extend the coverage provided by the policy of insurance to which the certificate of insurance makes reference.
(b)A certificate of insurance may not warrant that the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate comply with the insurance or indemnification requirements of a contract and the inclusion of a contract number or description within a certificate of insurance may not be interpreted as doing so.