New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-5. Issuance of certificate of authority
A. Issuance of a certificate of authority shall be granted by the superintendent if the superintendent is satisfied that the following conditions are met:
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-5
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- 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.
- prepaid dental plan: means any contractual arrangement whereby any prepaid dental plan organization undertakes to provide directly or to arrange for prepaid dental services and to pay or make reimbursement for any remaining portion of such prepaid dental services on a prepaid basis through insurance or otherwise. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
- prepaid dental plan organization: means any person who undertakes to conduct one or more prepaid dental plans providing only dental services. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
- prepaid dental services: means services included in the practice of dentistry as defined in the Dental Act [61-5-1 to 61-5-9, 61-5-11 to 61-5-22 N. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
(1) the persons responsible for conducting the affairs of the prepaid dental plan organization are competent and trustworthy and are professionally capable of providing or arranging for the provision of services offered;
(2) the prepaid dental plan organization constitutes an appropriate mechanism to achieve an effective prepaid dental plan, in accordance with regulations issued by the director of the health services division of the health and environment department [department of health], which shall include at least the basic dental services appropriate to such plan as determined by the director of the health services division of the health and environment department;
(3) the prepaid dental plan organization is financially responsible and may reasonably be expected to meet its obligations to members and prospective members. In making this determination, the superintendent shall consider at least:
(a) the financial soundness of the prepaid dental plan’s arrangement for services and the schedule of charges used;
(b) any agreement with an insurer, a hospital or a medical service corporation, a government or any other organization for insuring the payment of the cost of prepaid dental services or the provisions for automatic applicability of an alternative coverage in the event of the discontinuance of the plan; and
(c) the sufficiency of an agreement with providers for the provision of prepaid dental services; and
(4) each officer responsible for conducting the affairs of the prepaid dental plan organization is covered under an individual or blanket fidelity bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and such bond has been filed with and approved by the superintendent.
B. A certificate of authority shall be subject to continuance, expiration, termination, suspension or revocation on the same applicable bases as provided under Article 5 [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 59A, Article 5] of the Insurance Code as to insurers in general.