Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-2673
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Certificate of authority - Requirements
Official statutory text
The Insurance Commissioner shall certify nonprofit dental
service corporations by issuing a certificate of authority,
authorizing the applicant to issue contracts to its subscribers,
when it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that:
1. The applicant is established as a bona fide nonprofit dental
service corporation;
2. The contracts between the applicant and the participating
dentists or other providers of health services, if any, obligate
each provider executing the same to render service to which each
subscriber may be entitled under the terms of the contract to be
issued to the subscribers;
3. The amount of required working capital of the corporation is
paid into the corporation and, if subject to repayment, can be
repaid, but without interest, and only out of operating income;
4. The amount of money actually available for working capital
is sufficient to carry on the plan for a period of three (3) months
from the date of issuance of the certificate of authority; and
5. The applicant has secured signed contracts of participation
from not less than one-third (1/3) of the dentists within this state
who hold a current license issued by the Board of Dentistry pursuant
to the State Dental Act. The form of such contracts of
participation shall be approved by the Board of Dentistry prior to
securing the required signatures.
service corporations by issuing a certificate of authority,
authorizing the applicant to issue contracts to its subscribers,
when it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that:
1. The applicant is established as a bona fide nonprofit dental
service corporation;
2. The contracts between the applicant and the participating
dentists or other providers of health services, if any, obligate
each provider executing the same to render service to which each
subscriber may be entitled under the terms of the contract to be
issued to the subscribers;
3. The amount of required working capital of the corporation is
paid into the corporation and, if subject to repayment, can be
repaid, but without interest, and only out of operating income;
4. The amount of money actually available for working capital
is sufficient to carry on the plan for a period of three (3) months
from the date of issuance of the certificate of authority; and
5. The applicant has secured signed contracts of participation
from not less than one-third (1/3) of the dentists within this state
who hold a current license issued by the Board of Dentistry pursuant
to the State Dental Act. The form of such contracts of
participation shall be approved by the Board of Dentistry prior to
securing the required signatures.
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