1.    “Authorized control level event” means any of the following events:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 26.1-03.2-05

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

a.    The filing of a risk-based capital report by the health organization which indicates that the health organization’s total adjusted capital is greater than or equal to its mandatory control level risk-based capital but less than its authorized control level risk-based capital; b.    The notification by the commissioner to the health organization of an adjusted risk-based capital report that indicates the event in subdivision a, provided the health organization does not challenge the adjusted risk-based capital report under section 26.1-03.2-07; c.    If, pursuant to section 26.1-03.2-07, the health organization challenges an adjusted risk-based capital report that indicates the event in subdivision a, notification by the commissioner to the health organization that the commissioner, after a hearing, has rejected the health organization’s challenge; d.    The failure of the health organization to respond, in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner, to a corrective order, provided the health organization has not challenged the corrective order under section 26.1-03.2-07; or

e.    If the health organization has challenged a corrective order under section 26.1-03.2-07 and the commissioner, after a hearing, has rejected the challenge or modified the corrective order, the failure of the health organization to respond, in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner, to the corrective order subsequent to rejection or modification by the commissioner.

2.    In the event of an authorized control level event with respect to a health organization, the commissioner shall:

a.    Take such actions as are required under section 26.1-03.2-04 regarding a health organization with respect to which a regulatory action level event has occurred; or

b.    If the commissioner deems it to be in the best interests of the policyholders and creditors of the health organization and of the public, take such actions as are necessary to cause the health organization to be placed under regulatory control under chapter 26.1-06.1. If the commissioner takes such actions, the authorized control level event must be deemed sufficient grounds for the commissioner to    take action under chapter 26.1-06.1 and the commissioner shall have the rights, powers, and duties with respect to the health organization as are set forth in chapter 26.1-06.1. If the commissioner takes actions under this subdivision pursuant to an adjusted risk-based capital report, the health organization is entitled to such protections as are afforded to health organizations under the provisions of chapter 26.1-06.1 pertaining to summary proceedings.