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20-1008 - Examination of prepaid dental plan organization
20-1008. Examination of prepaid dental plan organization
A. The director may once in each six months for the first three years after organization and once each year thereafter, or more often if deemed necessary by the director, visit each prepaid dental plan organization organized under the laws of this state and examine its financial condition and its ability to meet its liabilities and its compliance with the laws of this state affecting the conduct of its business. The director may annually visit and examine each prepaid dental plan organization not organized under the laws of this state but authorized to transact business in this state.
B. The director may in like manner examine each prepaid dental plan organization applying for an initial certificate of authority to do business in this state.
C. In lieu of making an examination, the director may accept a full report of the most recent examination of a foreign or alien prepaid dental plan organization, certified to by the appropriate examining official of another state, territory, commonwealth or district of the United States.
D. On request by the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions, the director of the department of health services or another person the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions determines to be qualified may participate in the examinations and visits described in this section to verify the existence of an effective prepaid dental plan and to review the delivery of services by the prepaid dental plan organization.