{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-50a-65","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-50A-65","heading":"Multiple employer welfare arrangements; license required; penalty.","body":"(a)\tIt is unlawful to operate, maintain, or establish a MEWA unless the MEWA has a valid license issued by the Commissioner. Any MEWA operating in this State without a valid license is an unauthorized insurer.\n(b)\tThis section, G.S. 58-50A-60, and G.S. 58-50A-70 through G.S. 58-50A-95 do not apply to a MEWA that offers or provides benefits that are fully insured by an authorized insurer or to a MEWA that is exempt from state insurance regulation in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Law Number 43-406. (1991, c. 611, s. 1; 2019-202, ss. 2(b), 8; 2024-57, s. 3G.1(b).)","path":["Chapter 58. Insurance.","Article 50A. Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_58/GS_58-50A-65.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:06:53Z","sha256":"b7fa57af2907a0703365f677079912076159f278b49c28c17fb87c60d55412ab","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-50a-60","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-50a-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}