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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 31.12.05.02" title_num="31" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="05" heading="Required Notice.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When a health maintenance organization or dental plan organization dental provider panel is the sole dental provider panel offered to group members by a group policyholder, the dental plan organization or the health maintenance organization:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall offer the group policyholder a dental point-of-service option for the individual group member to accept or reject;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May not impose a minimum participation level on the mandatory dental point-of-service option; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>As part of the application, shall provide to each group policyholder the disclosure statement described in §B of this regulation, for each dental point-of-service option offered.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The notice shall read as follows:</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>