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IN Code § 24-5-24.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-10. Exceptions to Application

Sec. 10. This chapter does not apply to the use of a protected consumer's consumer report or record by:(1) a person administering a credit file monitoring subscription service to which:(A) the protected consumer has subscribed; or(B) the representative of the protected consumer has subscribed on behalf of the protected consumer;(2) a person providing the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative with a copy of the protected consumer's consumer report on request of the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative;(3) a check services or fraud prevention services company that issues:(A) reports on incidents of fraud; or(B) authorizations for the purpose of approving, or processing negotiable instruments, electronic funds transfers, or similar payment methods;(4) a deposit account information service company that issues reports regarding account closures due to fraud, substantial overdrafts, automated teller machine abuse, or similar negative information regarding a consumer to inquiring banks or other financial institutions for use only in reviewing a consumer request for a deposit account at the inquiring bank or financial institution;(5) an insurance company for the purpose of conducting its ordinary business;(6) a consumer reporting agency that:(A) acts only to resell credit information by assembling and merging information contained in a data base of another consumer reporting agency or multiple consumer reporting agencies; and(B) does not maintain a permanent data base of credit information from which new credit reports are produced; or(7) a consumer reporting agency's database or file that consists of the following information concerning, and used for, one (1) or more of the following, but not for credit granting purposes:(A) Criminal record information.(B) Fraud protection or detection.(C) Personal loss history information.(D) Employment, tenant, or individual background screening.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-11. Requirement to Place Security Freeze; Conditions; Creating Record

Sec. 11. (a) A consumer reporting agency shall place a security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer report if:(1) the consumer reporting agency receives a request from the protected consumer's representative for the placement of the security freeze under this section; and(2) the protected consumer's representative:(A) submits the request to the consumer reporting agency at the address or other point of contact and in the manner specified by the consumer reporting agency;(B) provides to the consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of identification of the protected consumer and the representative; and(C) provides to the consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of the protected consumer; and(3) the protected consumer's representative pays to the consumer reporting agency a fee as provided in section 17 of this chapter.(b) If a consumer reporting agency does not have a consumer report pertaining to a protected consumer when the consumer reporting agency receives a request under subsection (a), the consumer reporting agency shall create a record for the protected consumer.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-12. Placing Security Freeze

Sec. 12. Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving a request that meets the requirements of section 11(a) of this chapter, a consumer reporting agency shall place a security freeze for the protected consumer.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-13. Prohibited From Releasing Consumer Report or Record

Sec. 13. Unless a security freeze for a protected consumer is removed in accordance with section 16 of this chapter, a consumer reporting agency may not release:(1) the protected consumer's consumer report;(2) any information derived from the protected consumer's consumer report; or(3) any record created for the protected consumer under section 11(b) of this chapter.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-14. Security Freeze in Effect Until Removed

Sec. 14. A security freeze for a protected consumer must remain in effect until:(1) the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative requests that the consumer reporting agency remove the security freeze under section 15 of this chapter; or(2) the security freeze is removed in accordance with section 16 of this chapter.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-15. Requirements to Remove Security Freeze

Sec. 15. If a protected consumer or a protected consumer's representative wishes to remove a security freeze for the protected consumer, the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative shall:(1) submit a request for the removal of the security freeze to the consumer reporting agency at the address or other point of contact and in the manner specified by the consumer reporting agency;(2) provide to the consumer reporting agency:(A) in the case of a request by a protected consumer:(i) proof that the sufficient proof of authority for the protected consumer's representative to act on behalf of the protected consumer is no longer valid; and(ii) sufficient proof of identification of the protected consumer; or(B) in the case of a request by the representative of a protected consumer:(i) sufficient proof of identification of the protected consumer and the representative; and(ii) sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of the protected consumer; and(3) pay to the consumer reporting agency a fee as provided in section 17 of this chapter.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.5-2015, SEC.54.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-16. Removing Security Freeze

Sec. 16. Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving a request that meets the requirements of section 15 of this chapter, the consumer reporting agency shall remove the security freeze for the protected consumer.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-17. Fees

Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a consumer reporting agency may not impose a fee for any service described in this chapter.(b) A consumer reporting agency may charge a reasonable fee, not exceeding five dollars ($5), for each placement or removal of a security freeze under this chapter.(c) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee under this chapter if:(1) the protected consumer's representative:(A) has obtained a police report or affidavit of alleged identity fraud against the protected consumer; and(B) provides a copy of the report or affidavit to the consumer reporting agency; or(2) a request for the placement or removal of a security freeze is for a protected consumer who is less than sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the request and the consumer reporting agency has a consumer report concerning the protected consumer.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-18. Material Misrepresentation of Fact; Removing Security Freeze or Deleting Record

Sec. 18. A consumer reporting agency may remove a security freeze for a protected consumer or delete a record of a protected consumer if the security freeze was placed or the record was created based on a material misrepresentation of fact by the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative.As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-24.5-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 24.5. Security Freezes for Protected Consumers|24-5-24.5-19. Severability

Sec. 19. The provisions of this chapter are severable as provided in IC 1-1-1-8(b).As added by P.L.65-2014, SEC.9.
IN Code § 24-5-25-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 25. Truth in Music Advertising|24-5-25-1. "Performing Group"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "performing group" means a vocal or an instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under the name of the other group.As added by P.L.56-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-25-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 25. Truth in Music Advertising|24-5-25-2. "Recording Group"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "recording group" means a vocal or an instrumental group, at least one (1) of whose members has released a commercial sound recording under the group's name, and in which the member or members:(1) have a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group's name;(2) have not abandoned the name; and(3) have not abandoned affiliation with the group.As added by P.L.56-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-25-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 25. Truth in Music Advertising|24-5-25-3. "Sound Recording"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "sound recording" means a work that results from the placement on a material object of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a compact disc, cassette, tape, or phonograph record, in which the sounds are placed.As added by P.L.56-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-25-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 25. Truth in Music Advertising|24-5-25-4. Prohibited Conduct; Exceptions

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person, other than a media source that carries advertising or a press release for the performance or production, may not advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in Indiana through actions that falsely, deceptively, or misleadingly imply the existence of an affiliation, a connection, or an association between a performing group and a recording group.(b) This section does not apply if:(1) the performing group is the authorized registrant and owner of a federal service mark for the recording group with the same name registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office;(2) at least one (1) member of the performing group was a member of the recording group and:(A) has a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name;(B) has not abandoned the name; and(C) has not abandoned affiliation with the group;(3) the live musical performance or production is identified in all advertising and promotion as a salute or tribute;(4) the advertising does not relate to a live musical performance or production taking place in Indiana; or(5) the performance or production is expressly authorized by the recording group.As added by P.L.56-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-25-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 25. Truth in Music Advertising|24-5-25-5. Action to Enjoin

Sec. 5. The attorney general or any aggrieved person may bring an action to enjoin a person from violating section 4 of this chapter. If an injunction is issued, the court may order the defendant to restore to any person in interest any money or property that was acquired by means of a violation of this chapter.As added by P.L.56-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-25-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 25. Truth in Music Advertising|24-5-25-6. Penalties

Sec. 6. A person who violates section 4 of this chapter commits a Class A infraction. Each performance or production in violation of section 4 of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.As added by P.L.56-2008, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26. Identity Theft|24-5-26-1. "Identity Theft"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "identity theft" means:(1) identity deception (IC 35-43-5-3.5); or(2) synthetic identity deception (IC 35-43-5-3.8) (before its repeal).As added by P.L.137-2009, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.142-2020, SEC.24; P.L.174-2021, SEC.22.
IN Code § 24-5-26-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26. Identity Theft|24-5-26-3. Violation; Remedies

Sec. 3. A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this chapter commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general under IC 24-5-0.5-4 and is subject to the penalties and remedies available to the attorney general under IC 24-5-0.5. This section does not affect the availability of any civil remedy for a violation of this chapter, IC 24-5-0.5, or any other state or federal law.As added by P.L.137-2009, SEC.8.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-1. "Commercial Communication"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commercial communication" means any written or oral statement, illustration, or depiction, whether in English or another language, that is designed to create interest in procuring legal services, whether it appears on or in a label, package, package insert, radio, television, brochure, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, leaflet, circular, mailer, book insert, free standing insert, letter, catalog, poster, chart, billboard, public transit card, point of purchase display, film slide, audio program transmitted over a telephone system, telemarketing script, on-hold script, upsell script, training materials provided to a telemarketing firm, program length commercial, the Internet, cellular network, or any other medium, as well as promotional materials, items, and Internet web sites.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-2. "Consumer"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "consumer" refers to an individual who views a commercial communication for personal or familial purposes.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-3. "Lead Generation"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "lead generation" refers to the use of commercial communication to initiate consumer interest or inquiry into legal services provided in Indiana or another jurisdiction to redress an alleged injury from a medical device or legend drug.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-4. "Legend Drug"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "legend drug" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-199.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-5. "Manufacturer"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "manufacturer" means either of the following:(1) A person that is engaged in a business to produce, create, make, or construct any product or component of a product, and that:(A) designs, manufactures, or formulates; or(B) engages another person to design, manufacture, or formulate;a medical device or component or part of a medical device.(2) A person that, by compounding, cultivating, harvesting, or mixing, or by another process produces or prepares legend drugs. The term includes a person that:(A) prepares legend drugs in dosage forms by mixing, compounding, encapsulating, or entableting, or by another process; or(B) packages or repackages legend drugs.The term does not include a pharmacist or a practitioner (as defined in IC 16-42-19-5).As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-6. "Medical Device"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "medical device" refers to an instrument, an apparatus, an implement, a machine, a contrivance, an implant, an in vitro reagent, or another similar or related article, including a component part or accessory:(1) that is recognized in the official National Formulary or the United States Pharmacopoeia, or any supplement to them;(2) that is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, in a human being or an animal; or(3) that:(A) is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of a human being or an animal;(B) does not achieve its primary intended purpose through chemical action within or on the body of a human being or an animal; and(C) is not dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of its primary intended purpose.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-7. "Seller"

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "seller" means a person that, in the course of business conducted for that purpose, does either of the following:(1) Sells, distributes, rents, leases, prepares, blends, packages, labels, or otherwise is involved in placing a medical device or legend drug into the stream of commerce.(2) Installs, repairs, refurbishes, reconditions, or maintains a medical device.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-8. "Sponsor"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "sponsor" means a person on whose behalf a commercial communication is conducted to promote or advertise legal services.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-9. Deceptive Act

Sec. 9. (a) It is a deceptive act for a person to engage in lead generation that is false, deceptive, or misleading.(b) Deceptive acts under this chapter may include lead generation that contains the following:(1) Advertisements or other commercial communications that cause, or are likely to cause, consumers to:(A) fail to use or to discontinue the consumers' medications; or(B) remove a medical device;without appropriate medical advice from a person who is independent from the lead generator and any person to whom the consumer would be referred.(2) Advertisements or other commercial communications that open with sensationalized warnings or alerts that may mislead consumers to believe the consumers are watching a government sanctioned medical alert, health alert, consumer alert, or public service announcement.(3) Advertisements or other commercial communications that:(A) misrepresent the risks or benefits associated with a medical device or legend drug that is the subject of the lead generation advertisement or other commercial communication;(B) leave consumers with the false impression that the risks of the medical device or legend drug exceed the benefits; or(C) leave consumers with the false impression that the United States Food and Drug Administration has recalled a medical device or legend drug that is the subject of the advertisement or other commercial communication.(c) A claim misrepresents a fact or is false if the claim is not substantiated by:(1) competent and reliable scientific or medical evidence; or(2) a final adjudication on the merits, including appeals.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-10. Required Disclosures

Sec. 10. It is a deceptive act for a person engaged in lead generation to fail to make the following written and oral disclosures to a consumer who responds to an advertisement or other commercial communication subject to this chapter:(1) Disclosures:(A) that a case will be referred to another attorney or law firm to represent a consumer responding to the advertisement or other commercial communication;(B) that identify the attorney or law firm that will represent a consumer responding to the advertisement or other commercial communication, if known; and(C) that identify the sponsor of the advertisement or other commercial communication.(2) Any other disclosure required under the rules adopted by the attorney general under section 13 of this chapter that the attorney general determines is necessary to permit a consumer to make an informed consent to a referral.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-11. Appropriate Course of Action Materially Limited

Sec. 11. Regardless of whether a client consumer enters into an agreement, it is a deceptive act for a person engaged in lead generation to engage in other conduct that creates a significant risk that a lawyer's ability to consider, recommend, or carry out an appropriate course of action for a client consumer will be materially limited.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-12. Lawyer Referral Service

Sec. 12. The provisions set forth in this chapter also apply to deceptive acts by a lawyer referral service that receives any benefit or consideration for the direct or indirect referral of prospective clients to lawyers or law firms.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-5-26.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 5. Consumer Sales|Chapter 26.5. Deceptive Lead Generation|24-5-26.5-13. Rules; Emergency Rules

Sec. 13. The attorney general may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2, including emergency rules in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1, to carry out this chapter. An emergency rule adopted by the attorney general under this section expires on the earlier of the following dates:(1) The expiration date in the emergency rule.(2) The date the emergency rule is amended or repealed by a later rule adopted under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36 or under IC 4-22-2-37.1.As added by P.L.176-2021, SEC.1.