1. A. For the purposes of this regulation, self-insurers include:

   1. (1) The State Government;
   2. (2) Class A self-insurers;
   3. (3) Class B self-insurers;
   4. (4) Class C self-insurers; and
   5. (5) Class D self-insurers.

2. B. Upon approval in the program, or a change in the self-insurer’s third-party administrator or third party-adjuster, each self-insurer shall provide the Administration the self-insurer’s third-party administrator’s or third-party adjuster’s:

   1. (1) Name;
   2. (2) Address; and
   3. (3) Telephone number.

3. C. The Administration shall provide to self-insurers, in a format determined by the Administration, self-insurance certification for each vehicle upon:

   1. (1) Initial registration into the program;
   2. (2) Renewal; and
   3. (3) Additions to the self-insurer’s vehicle fleet.

4. D. The self-insurer’s insurance card shall include the self-insurer’s:

   1. (1) Name;
   2. (2) Address;
   3. (3) Certificate number;

   4. (4) Self-insurer’s third-party administrator’s or third-party adjuster’s:

      1. (a) Name;
      2. (b) Address;
      3. (c) Telephone number;
   5. (5) Vehicle identification number; and
   6. (6) Any other relevant information.

5. E. Each self-insurer shall maintain, in each self-insured vehicle:

   1. (1) A self-insurance card; or
   2. (2) Evidence of self-insurance containing the information required by §D of this regulation, in a format approved by the Administration.
6. F. Each self-insurer shall have a 60-day grace period for newly acquired vehicles or vehicles for which there has been a change of self-insurer, allowing time for the Administration to provide the self-insurance card. During that time, for proof of self-insurance, the self-insurers shall maintain a copy of the self-insurer’s certificate in the vehicle.

Authority: Transportation Article, §§12-104(b), 17-103, and 20-105.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 1, 1973

Amended effective July 21, 1976 (3:15 Md. R. 792)

Regulations .01 and .02 amended effective February 4, 1976 (3:3 Md. R. 153)

Regulations .03 and .04 adopted effective February 4, 1976 (3:3 Md. R. 153)

Regulation .05 adopted effective October 31, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2558)

Regulation .05A amended effective January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2756)

Regulations .01—.05 repealed and new Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective February 27, 1995 (22:4 Md. R. 237)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective October 5, 2011 (38:23 Md. R. 1417); amended permanently effective January 9, 2012 (38:27 Md. R. 1764)

Regulation .02B amended effective February 10, 2020 (47:3 Md. R. 172)

Regulation .03 amended effective February 10, 2020 (47:3 Md. R. 172)

Regulation .08 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 5, 2011 (38:23 Md. R. 1417); amended permanently effective January 9, 2012 (38:27 Md. R. 1764)