Washington Code 48.46.023 – Insurance producer — Definition — License required — Application, issuance, renewal, fees — Penalties involving license
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(1) Insurance producer, as used in this chapter, means any person appointed or authorized by a health maintenance organization to solicit applications for health care service agreements on its behalf.
Terms Used In Washington Code 48.46.023
- Commissioner: means the insurance commissioner. See Washington Code 48.46.020
- Health maintenance organization: means any organization receiving a certificate of registration by the commissioner under this chapter which provides comprehensive health care services to enrolled participants of such organization on a group practice per capita prepayment basis or on a prepaid individual practice plan, except for an enrolled participant's responsibility for copayments and/or deductibles, either directly or through contractual or other arrangements with other institutions, entities, or persons, and which qualifies as a health maintenance organization pursuant to RCW 48. See Washington Code 48.46.020
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(2) No person shall act as or hold himself or herself out to be an appointed insurance producer of a health maintenance organization unless licensed as a disability insurance producer by this state and appointed or authorized by the health maintenance organization on whose behalf solicitations are to be made.
(3) Applications, appointments, and qualifications for licenses, the renewal thereof, the fees and issuance of a license, and the renewal thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 48.17 RCW that are applicable to a disability insurance producer.
(4) The commissioner may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or renew any insurance producer’s license, or levy a fine upon the licensee, in accordance with those provisions of chapter 48.17 RCW that are applicable to a disability insurance producer.
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—2008 c 217: See notes following RCW 48.03.020.