[§445-95.2]  Unfair and deceptive practices
defined.  The following are defined as unfair or deceptive practices in the
rooming house business:



(1)  Requiring, seeking, or encouraging any resident
or prospective resident to execute a power of attorney in which the resident or
prospective resident names the rooming house, its owner, or any of its agents
or employees as attorney-in-fact;



(2)  Making any representation that the rooming house
offers medical care, rehabilitation, or therapeutic benefits of any type;



(3)  Negotiating public assistance checks payable to a
resident;



(4)  Refusing to refund any deposit as provided in
sections 521-44(c) and 521-66;



(5)  Refusing to give any resident a partial rent
refund in accordance with section 521-66;



(6)  Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring any
resident or prospective resident to consent to the release of information
concerning the resident or prospective resident which is maintained by any
government agency and otherwise confidential;



(7)  Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring a resident
or prospective resident to:



(A)  Turn over food stamps to the rooming
house, its agents, or employees; or



(B)  Permit authorization to purchase (ATP)
food stamp cards to be negotiated by the rooming house, its agents, or employees;



(8)  Limiting, hindering, or restricting access of
residents who are food stamp recipients to foodstuffs, food containers,
refrigerators, or other food storage facilities;



(9)  Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring any
resident or prospective resident to apply for or receive food stamps if the
rooming house has meal service;



(10)  Accepting food stamps as payment for or in
reduction of rent;



(11)  Charging different rents for similar
accommodations based on the amount of a resident's public assistance benefits;



(12)  Encouraging, soliciting, or requiring any
resident or prospective resident to have public assistance benefits mailed to
the rooming house, its owner, or its agents or employees; and



(13)  Denying any prospective resident or evicting any
resident from living accommodations solely on the basis of age or disability.
[L 1988, c 313, pt of §3]