(1) The office shall not issue a certificate to any health maintenance organization after July 1, 1989, until the applicant health maintenance organization has paid in full its special assessment as set forth in s. 631.819(2)(a).
(2) No assessment paid to the Florida Health Maintenance Organization Consumer Assistance Plan shall be allowed as an asset of any health maintenance organization.
(3) The office may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of any health maintenance organization which does not timely pay its assessment to the Florida Health Maintenance Organization Consumer Assistance Plan.
History.—ss. 6, 24, ch. 88-388; ss. 114, 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1563, ch. 2003-261.