26.1-01 Insurance Commissioner
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<![CDATA[TITLE 26.1INSURANCECHAPTER 26.1-01INSURANCE COMMISSIONER26.1-01-01. Commissioner defined. Unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires, in this title the word "commissioner" means the insurance commissioner.26.1-01-02.Commissioner - Seal - Employment of deputy and assistants.Thecommissioner shall have an official seal and shall keep an impression of the seal on file in the<br>office of the secretary of state. The commissioner shall employ a deputy and other competent<br>officials and clerks to discharge the duties assigned by the commissioner.When thecommissioner is absent temporarily from the office, the deputy commissioner may sign the<br>commissioner's name and perform any other statutory duties pertaining to the office.26.1-01-03. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall:1.See that all the laws of this state respecting insurance companies and benevolent<br>societies are executed faithfully.2.Report in detail to the attorney general any violation of law relative to insurance<br>companies and their officers or agents.3.File the articles of incorporation of all insurance companies organized or doing<br>business in this state, and on application furnish a certified copy thereof.4.Furnish the insurance companies required to make reports to the commissioner and<br>the benevolent societies the necessary blank forms for required statements and<br>reports. The commissioner is not required to send blank forms to those insurance<br>companies which submit their reports on printed forms conforming to those<br>furnished by the commissioner.5.Preserve in permanent form a full record of the commissioner's proceedings and a<br>concise statement of each company or agency visited or examined.6.Furnish at the request of any person, upon the payment of the required fee, certified<br>copies of any record or paper in the commissioner's office, if the commissioner<br>deems it not prejudicial to the public interests to do so, and give such other<br>certificates as may be provided by law.7.Submit a biennial report as prescribed by section 54-06-04 to the governor and the<br>secretary of state. In addition to the requirements of section 54-06-04, the report<br>must contain an abstract only of the reports of the various insurance companies<br>doing business in this state showing the condition of the companies.8.Upon request, send a copy of the commissioner's annual report to the insurance<br>commissioner, or other similar officer, of every other state and to each company<br>doing business in this state.9.Communicate, on request, to the insurance commissioner of any other state any<br>facts that by law it is the commissioner's duty to ascertain respecting companies of<br>this state doing business within that state.10.Manage, control, and supervise the state bonding fund.Page No. 111.Manage, control, and supervise the state fire and tornado fund and the insurance of<br>public buildings in that fund.26.1-01-03.1.Cease and desist authority - Hearing - Failure to appear.Thecommissioner may issue an order to cease and desist and notice of opportunity for hearing when<br>it appears that any person is engaged in an act or practice which violates or may lead to a<br>violation of this title.Any party aggrieved by the commissioner's order may make writtenapplication for a hearing on the order within thirty days of the date of the order. The application<br>for a hearing must briefly state the respects in which the applicant is aggrieved by the order and<br>the grounds for relief to be relied upon at the hearing. A hearing must be held not later than ten<br>days after an application for hearing is received unless a delay is requested by all persons<br>named in the order. The commissioner, within thirty days after the hearing, shall issue an order<br>vacating the cease and desist order or making the cease and desist order permanent, as the<br>facts require.The failure of any named person to appear at any proper hearing under thissection after receiving notice of the hearing will cause that person to be in default and the<br>allegations contained in the cease and desist order may be deemed to be true and may be used<br>against the person at the hearing.If no hearing is requested by written application, thecommissioner's order becomes permanent.26.1-01-03.2. Injunctive authority. The commissioner may bring an action in the districtcourt of Burleigh County to enjoin any acts or practices which are prohibited under this title, upon<br>not less than eight days' notice to the defendants named in the action.26.1-01-03.3. Penalty for violation of title. Unless otherwise provided by law, a personwho violates this title is subject, after hearing by the commissioner, to payment of an<br>administrative monetary penalty of up to ten thousand dollars.26.1-01-04. Service of process upon commissioner - Procedure. When a consent toservice of any process, notice, order, or demand upon the commissioner is provided under this<br>title, the service is to be in duplicate. The commissioner immediately shall forward one copy by<br>registered mail to the person against whom the process, notice, order, or demand is directed at<br>that person's last reasonably ascertainable address and shall file the other copy in the office of<br>the commissioner.The person serving process upon the commissioner shall pay the feeprovided in section 26.1-01-07. The commissioner shall keep a record of the date and hour of<br>service.26.1-01-05. Reporting and review of medical malpractice claims, settlements, andjudgments.1.A health care provider or the insurer of a health care provider, if any, shall report all<br>claims, settlements of claims, or final judgments against the health care provider to<br>the commissioner.The report must be made in the manner prescribed by thecommissioner and must provide those facts the commissioner deems necessary to<br>gather adequate information regarding claims, settlements of claims, and final<br>judgments against health care providers. For the purposes of this section, a "health<br>care provider" includes any person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by this<br>state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, hospital, dentist,<br>professional or practical nurse, physician's aide, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor,<br>physical therapist, or psychologist, or an officer, employee, or agent thereof acting in<br>the course and scope of employment.2.The commissioner shall forward copies of all reports required by this section to the<br>appropriate board of professional registration, examination, or licensure. That board<br>shall review all reports which it receives and may take any necessary disciplinary<br>action against a health care provider when the action is appropriate, including<br>censure, imposition of probation, or suspension or revocation of the health care<br>provider's license. The board shall conduct the review as an administrative hearing<br>in the manner provided in chapter 28-32, including the giving of appropriate notice.Page No. 226.1-01-06.Reporting of statistical data regarding legal malpractice claims,settlements, and judgments. Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 245, </p>
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