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2.__Hearing scheduled.__Upon the filing of a petition under this
subsection, the court shall issue an order scheduling, within 45
days after the filing of the petition, an in camera hearing to
determine whether the insurance compliance self-audit document or
portions of the document are privileged under this section or
subject to disclosure.

 
3.__Court determinations.__The court, after an in camera
review, may require disclosure of material for which the
privilege in section 492 is asserted if the court determines,
based upon its in camera review, that any one of the conditions
set forth in section 493, subsection 2 applies as to a civil or
administrative proceeding or that any one of the conditions set
forth in section 493, subsection 3 applies as to a criminal
proceeding.__Upon making such a determination, the court may
compel the disclosure of only those portions of an insurance
compliance self-audit document relevant to issues in dispute in
the underlying proceeding.__A party unsuccessfully opposing
disclosure may apply to the court for an appropriate order
protecting the document from further disclosure.

 
4.__Filing objections.__An insurer asserting the insurance
compliance self-audit privilege in response to a request for
disclosure under this section shall provide to the Attorney
General or the district attorney, as the case may be, at the time
of filing any objection to the disclosure, all of the following
information:

 
A.__The date of the insurance compliance self-audit
document;

 
B.__The identity of the entity conducting the audit;

 
C.__The general nature of the activities covered by the
insurance compliance self-audit; and

 
D.__An identification of the portions of the insurance
compliance self-audit document for which the privilege is
being asserted.

 
§495.__Procedure

 
1.__Insurer burden of proof.__An insurer asserting the
insurance compliance self-audit privilege set forth in section
492 has the burden of demonstrating the applicability of the
privilege.__A party seeking disclosure under section 493,
subsection 2 has the burden of proving that the privilege is
asserted for a fraudulent purpose or that the privilege is not
available.__The Attorney General or the district attorney seeking


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