§ 550.910

550.910 Third party administrator; certificate required; requirements; instances in which TPA subject to act; name. Sec. 10. (1) A person shall not operate as a third party administrator without obtaining and maintaining a certificate of authority pursuant to this act. (2) A third party administrator shall continue to meet the requirements of this act at all times. (3) A third party administrator is subject to this act in the following instances: (a) The TPA is domiciled in this state. (b) The TPA has its principal administrative office or principal headquarters located in this state. (c) The TPA solicits a plan or sponsor of a plan or provides administrative services to a plan or sponsor of a plan, which plan or sponsor is either domiciled in this state or has its principal headquarters or principal administrative office in this state. This subdivision shall not apply to a TPA who has been licensed or certified as a TPA in that TPA's state of domicile pursuant to a statute or regulation similar to this act. (d) The TPA provides substantial administrative services to a carrier for the carrier's business in this state. (4) Each TPA shall transact its business under its own name.

ation similar to this act. (d) The TPA provides substantial administrative services to a carrier for the carrier's business in this state. (4) Each TPA shall transact its business under its own name. A TPA shall not be permitted to do business in this state under a name which is the same as or which closely resembles the name of a TPA which is authorized to do business under the laws of this state. History: 1984, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985