This chapter does not apply to: (1) an officer or employee of the federal government, or of this State or a political subdivision of either, excluding school districts, or of a municipal corporation while the employee or officer is engaged in the performance of official duties; (2) a person or firm engaged as a consumer reporting agency, as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, when gathering, processing, or reporting information directly related to a credit rating or credit status; (3) an attorney-at-law while in the performance of his duties; or (4) a person, as defined by Section 38-1-20(29), licensed or authorized by the Director of Insurance to transact business within the State, when performing duties directly related to that license or authorization. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 36, SECTION 4, in (1), inserted "excluding school districts,".
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