2010 North Carolina Code
Chapter 58 Insurance.
Article 49 - Determination of Jurisdiction Over Providers of Health Care Benefits; Regulation of Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements.
58-49-35. Multiple employer welfare arrangements; license required; penalty.
58‑49‑35. Multiple employer welfare arrangements; license required; penalty.
(a) It is unlawful to operate, maintain, or establish a MEWA unless the MEWA has a valid license issued by the Commissioner. Any MEWA operating in this State without a valid license is an unauthorized insurer.
(b) G.S. 58‑49‑30 through 58‑49‑65 do not apply to a MEWA that offers or provides benefits that are fully insured by an authorized insurer or to a MEWA that is exempt from state insurance regulation in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Law Number 43‑406. (1991, c. 611, s. 1.)
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