519A.4 Plan of operation.
1. a. The association shall submit a plan of operation to the commissioner, together with any amendments necessary or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable, and equitable administration of the association consistent with sections 519A.2, 519A.3, this section, and sections 519A.5 through 519A.13. The plan of operation and any amendments thereto shall become effective only after promulgation of the plan or amendment by the commissioner as a rule pursuant to section 17A.4, provided that the initial plan may in the discretion of the commissioner become effective immediately upon filing with the secretary of state pursuant to section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a).
b. If the association fails to submit a suitable plan of operation within twenty-five days following July 1, 1975, or if at any time thereafter the association fails to submit suitable amendments to the plan, the commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to effectuate sections 519A.2, 519A.3, this section, and sections 519A.5 through 519A.13. Such rules shall continue in force until modified by the commissioner or superseded by a plan submitted by the association and approved by the commissioner.
2. The plan of operation shall provide for economic, fair and nondiscriminatory administration, and for the prompt and efficient provision of medical malpractice insurance. The plan shall contain other provisions, including but not limited to preliminary assessment of all members for initial expenses necessary to commence operations, establishment of necessary facilities, management of the association, assessment of members to defray losses and expenses, commission arrangements, reasonable and objective underwriting standards, acceptance and cession of reinsurance, appointment of servicing carriers or other servicing arrangements, and procedures for determining amounts of insurance to be provided by the association.
3. All member insurers shall comply with the plan of operation.
[C77, 79, 81, §519A.4]
2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §225; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §153; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §153; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §105
Referred to in §519A.1, 519A.2, 519A.3, 519A.5, 519A.10, 519A.13
Subsection 2 amended
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