Section 19-707 - Authorization to operate.
§ 19-707. Authorization to operate.
(a) Certificate required.- A health maintenance organization shall obtain from the Commissioner a certificate of authority to operate as a health maintenance organization before it may issue any contract or certificate to a member, provide any health care services to a member, or otherwise operate in this State.
(b) Contacting potential members.- Except as permitted by the Commissioner and subject to the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle, a health maintenance organization that does not have a certificate of authority may not contact potential members to discuss the health care services the health maintenance organization proposes to offer if a certificate of authority is granted.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, §§ 843, 844; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]