A. The superintendent may once in each six (6) months for the first three (3) years after organization and once each year thereafter, or more often if deemed necessary by the superintendent or director of the health services division of the health and environmental [environment] department [department of health], visit each prepaid dental plan organization organized under the law of this state and examine its financial condition, its ability to meet its liabilities and its compliance with the laws of this state affecting the conduct of its business. The superintendent may annually visit and examine each prepaid dental plan organization not organized under the laws of this state but authorized to transact business in this state.

B. The superintendent may in like manner examine each prepaid dental plan organization applying for an initial certificate of authority to do business in this state.

C. In lieu of making an examination, the superintendent may accept a full report of the most recent examination of a foreign or alien prepaid dental plan organization, certified to by the appropriate examining official of another state.

D. The director of the health services division of the health and environment department [department of health] may participate in the examinations and visits described in this section to verify the existence of an effective prepaid dental plan and to review the delivery of services by the prepaid dental plan organization.

E. The examination and all related matters shall otherwise be subject to the applicable provisions of Article 4 [Chapter 59A, Article 4 NMSA 1978] (examination, hearings and appeals) of the Insurance Code.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 888.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department, and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health.