I. No person may operate a health maintenance organization without obtaining a certificate of authority from the commissioner. A foreign corporation may qualify under this chapter subject to its registration to do business in this state as a foreign corporation under RSA 293-A.
II. Every health maintenance organization, as of August 21, 1977, shall submit an application for a certificate of authority within 120 days of August 21, 1977. Each such applicant may continue to operate without certificate of authority until the commissioner acts upon the application.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 420-B:2

  • 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: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4