(a) The Commissioner may determine, at his or her discretion, the amount of a general surplus, if any, that the dental plan organization shall be required to maintain.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 3805

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dental plan: means any contractual arrangement for dental services provided directly or arranged for or administered directly on a prepaid or postpaid individual or group capitation basis. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 3802
  • Dental plan organization: means any person who undertakes to provide directly or to arrange for or administer 1 or more dental plans providing dental services. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 3802
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

(b) A dental plan organization utilizing in the aggregate the services of more than 10 full-time equivalent dentists shall accumulate and maintain a special contingent surplus in excess of its assets over liabilities the rate of 2 percent annually of its net contract and certificate income until the surplus totals $50,000.

63 Del. Laws, c. 49, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;