(a) The Department of Insurance, any agent or examiner of the department, or any other person appointed by the department shall have the power of visitation and examination into the affairs, transactions, accounts, business records, and assets of any such dental service plan corporation, shall have free access to all of the books, papers, and documents that relate to the business of the corporation, may summon and qualify witnesses under oath, and may examine its officers, agents, and employees or other relative persons regarding the affairs, transactions, and condition of the corporation. The corporation whose affairs are examined shall pay to the department for deposit into the State Treasury the traveling expenses and any other expenses of the examiner or other person making the examination which shall be credited as provided by Section 22-21-383.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-21-386

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) If the department has reason to believe that any person has violated or is violating any provision of this article, or upon written complaint signed by any interested person indicating that any such violation exists, the department shall conduct such examination or investigation as it deems necessary of the accounts, records, documents, and transactions pertaining to or affecting the affairs of the dental service plan corporation or of any person who solicits, negotiates, effectuates, procures, receives, delivers, or forwards any contract of such a corporation or who collects or forwards any consideration paid by a person contracting for dental services or benefits from such a corporation.