NRS695C.070. Certificate of authority: Application.

  Each application for a certificate of authority must be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, must be in a form prescribed by the Commissioner, and must set forth or be accompanied by the following:

      1.  A copy of the basic organizational document, if any, of the applicant, and all amendments thereto;

      2.  A copy of the bylaws, rules or regulations, or a similar document, if any, regulating the conduct of the internal affairs of the applicant;

      3.  A list of the names, addresses and official positions of the persons who will be responsible for the conduct of the affairs of the applicant, including all members of the board of directors, board of trustees, executive committee, or other governing board or committee, the officers in the case of a corporation, and the partners or members in the case of a partnership or association;

      4.  A copy of any contract made or to be made between any providers or persons listed in subsection 3 and the applicant;

      5.  A statement generally describing the health maintenance organization, its health care plan or plans, the location of facilities at which health care services will be regularly available to enrollees and the type of health care personnel who will provide the health care services;

      6.  A copy of the form of evidence of coverage to be issued to the enrollees;

      7.  A copy of the form of the group contract, if any, which is to be issued to employers, unions, trustees or other organizations;

      8.  Certified financial statements showing the applicant’s assets, liabilities and sources of financial support;

      9.  The proposed method of marketing the plan, a financial plan which includes a 3-year projection of the initial operating results anticipated and the sources of working capital and any other sources of funding;

      10.  A power of attorney, executed by the applicant, appointing the Commissioner and the authorized deputies of the Commissioner as the true and lawful attorney of such applicant in and for this State upon whom all lawful process in any legal action or proceeding against the health maintenance organization on a cause of action arising in this State may be served;

      11.  A statement reasonably describing the geographic area to be served;

      12.  A description of the procedures for resolving complaints and procedures for external reviews to be used as required under NRS 695C.260;

      13.  A description of the procedures and programs to be implemented to meet the quality of health care requirements in NRS 695C.080;

      14.  A description of the mechanism by which enrollees will be afforded an opportunity to participate in matters of program content under subsection 2 of NRS 695C.110; and

      15.  Such other information as the Commissioner may require to make the determinations required in NRS 695C.080.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1247; A 2003, 777)