In lieu of any penalty specified elsewhere in the Prepaid Limited Health Service Organization Act or when no penalty is specifically provided, whenever any prepaid limited health service organization or other person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or entity subject to the act has been found, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, to have violated any provision of the Prepaid Limited Health Service Organization Act, the director may:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-4722

  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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.
  • Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Issue and cause to be served upon the organization, person, or other entity charged with the violation a copy of such findings and an order requiring such organization, person, or other entity to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice which constitutes the violation; and

(2) Impose a monetary penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars.