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(a) If the information required in subsection (b) of this section is not provided at the time of renewal of a certificate of registration under § 27-74-5, a discount medical plan organization shall file an annual report with the commissioner in the form prescribed by the commissi…

(a) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this chapter or under § 42-14-16, any person who willfully violates this chapter is subject to civil penalties of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation. (b) A person that willfully operates as or ai…

(a) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this act, the commissioner or the department of the attorney general may seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief when: (1) A discount medical plan is being operated by a person or entity that is not …

The commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including standards for readability of advertisements, marketing materials, brochures, discount medical plan cards, and any other communications by discount medical plan organizations to members…

If any provision of this act, or the application of the provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of the provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.

Any discount medical plan organization doing business in or from this state on or after March 1, 2011, shall comply with the requirements of this chapter.

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public interest by establishing standards for discount medical plan organizations; protect consumers from unfair or deceptive marketing, sales, or enrollment practices; and facilitate consumer understanding of the role and function of…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. (2) “Ancillary services” includes, but is not limited to, audiology, dent…

(a) This chapter applies to all discount medical plan organizations doing business in or from this state. (b) A discount medical plan organization that is a licensed health insurer or health maintenance organization or a nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation is not r…

(a) Before doing business in or from this state as a discount medical plan organization, a person shall obtain a certificate of registration from the commissioner to operate as a discount medical plan organization. (b) Each application for a certificate of registration to operate…

(a) Each registered discount medical plan organization shall maintain in force a surety bond in its own name in an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to be used in the discretion of the commissioner to protect the financial interest of members, including, but n…

(a) The commissioner may examine or investigate the business and affairs of any discount medical plan organization to protect the interests of the residents of this state based on the following reasons, including, but not limited to, complaint indices, recent complaints, informat…

(a) A discount medical plan organization may charge a periodic charge as well as a reasonable one-time processing fee for a discount medical plan. (b) If a member cancels his or her membership in the discount medical plan organization within the first thirty (30) days after the d…

(a) A discount medical plan organization shall have a written provider agreement with all providers offering medical or ancillary services to its members. The written provider agreement may be entered into directly with the provider or indirectly with a provider network to which …