Persons desiring to form a health care center may organize under the general law of the state governing corporations, partnerships, associations or trusts, subject to the following provisions: (1) The certificate of incorporation or other organizational document of each such organization shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto the consent of the commissioner if the commissioner finds the same to be in accordance with the provisions of sections 38a-175 to 38a-194, inclusive; and (2) the certificate or other document shall include a statement of the area in which the health care center will operate and the services to be rendered by such organization within this state and in other jurisdictions in which the health care center may be authorized to do business.

(1971, P.A. 445, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 226, 348; P.A. 82-415, S. 3, 18; P.A. 90-68, S. 4, 16; P.A. 16-213, S. 4; P.A. 17-198, S. 17.)

History: P.A. 77-614 made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation with commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance division as independent department with commissioner as its head and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-415 deleted references to incorporation and substituted references to organization, in addition to making several technical changes; P.A. 90-68 substituted “organization” for “health care center” to reflect the expansion of the definition and the manner of providing health care; Sec. 33-179e transferred to Sec. 38a-178 in 1991; P.A. 16-213 added “within this state and in other jurisdictions in which the health care center may be authorized to do business” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-198 replaced reference to Sec. 38a-192 with reference to Sec. 38a-194, effective July 1, 2017.