(a) The use of credit card, debit card personal identification numbers or other identification numbers as a means of identification;
(b) The acceptance of information and statements given orally, over the telephone or mechanically by electronic data entry; and
(c) The use of mechanically produced equivalents or other unique identifiers in lieu of handwritten signatures as a means of obtaining certification of information and statements that are required to be submitted and certified.
(2) Whenever a person submits information to the department in compliance with a requirement of statute or rule, the submission shall constitute a certification as to the truth and accuracy of the information. This subsection applies whether the information is submitted in the form of a document or in some other form and whether or not the person signs what is submitted. [1993 c.751 §§8,8a]