Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.87.040

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

A person otherwise subject to this chapter may not engage or purport to engage in the provision of any part or all of a health care service for its subscribers in exchange for periodic prepayments in identifiable amount unless it is a service corporation incorporated under the laws of this state, and currently authorized as such a service corporation under a certificate of authority issued by the director under this chapter.