Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.10

  • Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.2
  • Discount medical plan: shall mean a business arrangement or contract in which a person, in exchange for fees, dues, charges or other valuable consideration, provides access for plan members to providers of medical services and the right to receive medical services from those providers at a discount. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.2
  • Discount medical plan organization: shall mean any person or organization that operates a discount medical plan and contracts with providers, provider networks or other discount medical plan organizations to offer access to medical services at a discount and determines the charge to discount medical plan members. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.2
  • Entity: shall mean a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.2
  • Person: shall mean an individual or an entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1260.2

            A. In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this Subpart, the commissioner may seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief when any of the following occur:

            (1) A discount medical plan is being operated by a person or entity that is not registered pursuant to this Subpart.

            (2) Any person, entity or discount medical plan organization has engaged in any activity prohibited by this Subpart or any regulation adopted pursuant to this Subpart.

            B. The commissioner’s authority to seek injunctive relief is not conditioned on having conducted any proceeding pursuant to the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

            Acts 2008, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Redesignated by Acts 2009, No. 503, §3.

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