{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-10-16-502","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 10-16-502","heading":"Establishment of prepaid dental care plan organizations.","body":"(1) No person, unless otherwise authorized pursuant to this title, may establish or operate a prepaid dental care plan organization in this state or sell or offer to sell, or solicit offers to purchase, or receive advanced or periodic consideration in conjunction with a prepaid dental care plan without obtaining and maintaining a certificate of authority pursuant to part 1 of this article and this part 5.\n\n(2) Within ninety days after January 1, 1980, every prepaid dental care plan organization operating in this state and pursuant to part 1 of this article and this part 5 shall submit an application for a certificate of authority to the commissioner. Each such applicant may continue to operate as an organization until the commissioner acts upon the application.\n\n(3) A prepaid dental care plan organized under part 1 of this article and this part 5 shall be subject to part 5 and part 11 of article 3 of this title but shall not be subject to any other laws of this state relating to insurance or insurance companies.","path":["Title INSURANCE - MUTUAL INSURANCE","Article 16 - Health-care Coverage","Part 5 - PREPAID DENTAL CARE PLANS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-10.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"eba6f0675a9f7c9bc95e6d7a360907e7c884125a09048c77a2dad677932a22ae","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-10-16-501","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-10-16-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}