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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="14-413" title_number="14" title_name="Entities That Act as Health Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Dental Plan Organization Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before March 1 of each year, each dental plan organization shall file with the Commissioner a complete statement of its financial condition, transactions, and affairs for the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The annual statement shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be in the form and have the content approved for current use by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or its successor organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contain any additional information that the Commissioner requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless the Commissioner extends the time for filing, a dental plan organization that fails to file an annual statement on or before March 10 shall pay a penalty of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$100 for each day from March 1 to March 10, both inclusive; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$150 for each day from March 11 to the day before the Commissioner receives the report, both inclusive.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>At any time, the Commissioner may require a dental plan organization doing business in the State to file an interim statement containing the information that the Commissioner considers necessary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection, on or before June 1 of each year, each dental plan organization shall file with the Commissioner an audited financial report for the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The dental plan organization shall have the audited financial report prepared by an independent certified public accountant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>set requirements for the form and content of the audited financial report; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for good cause, extend the time for filing the audited financial report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Unless the Commissioner extends the time for filing, a dental plan organization that fails to file an audited financial report on or before June 10 shall pay a penalty of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$100 for each day from June 1 to June 10, both inclusive; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$150 for each day from June 11 to the day before the Commissioner receives the report, both inclusive.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>With 90 days’ advance notice, the Commissioner may require a dental plan organization to file an audited financial report earlier than the date specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
