{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6925","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-6925","heading":"Administrative penalty in lieu of suspension or","body":"revocation of certificate - Suspected violation - Order to cease and\n\ndesist - Injunction.\n\nA. The Insurance Commissioner may, in lieu of suspension or\n\nrevocation of a certificate of authority under the provisions of\n\nSection 20 of this act, levy an administrative penalty against a\n\nhealth maintenance organization who knowingly violates the\n\nprovisions of Section 20 of this act in an amount not to exceed Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each occurrence if reasonable\n\nnotice in writing is given of the intent to levy the penalty and the\n\nhealth maintenance organization has a reasonable time within which\n\nto remedy the defect in its operations that gave rise to the penalty\n\ncitation.\n\nB. 1. If the Insurance Commissioner or the State Commissioner\n\nof Health shall for any reason have cause to believe that a\n\nviolation of this act has occurred or is threatened, the Insurance\n\nCommissioner may give notice to the health maintenance organization\n\nand to the representatives, or other persons who appear to be\n\ninvolved in the suspected violation, to arrange a conference with\n\nthe alleged violators or their authorized representatives for the\n\npurpose of attempting to ascertain the facts relating to the\n\nsuspected violation; and, in the event it appears that a violation\n\nhas occurred or is threatened, to arrive at an adequate and\n\neffective means of correcting or preventing the violation.\n\n2. Proceedings under this subsection shall not be governed by\n\nany formal procedural requirements, and may be conducted in such\n\nmanner as the Insurance Commissioner or the State Commissioner of\n\nHealth may deem appropriate under the circumstances; provided,\n\nhowever, unless consented to by the health maintenance organization,\n\nno order may result from a conference until the requirements of this\n\nsection of this act are satisfied.\n\nC. 1. The Insurance Commissioner may issue an order directing\n\na health maintenance organization or a representative of a health\n\nmaintenance organization to cease and desist from engaging in an act\n\nor practice in violation of the provisions of this act.\n\n2. Within thirty (30) days after service of the cease and\n\ndesist order, the respondent may request a hearing on the question\n\nof whether acts or practices in violation of this act have occurred.\n\nThe hearing shall be conducted pursuant to Administrative Procedures\n\nAct and judicial review shall be available as provided by that act.\n\nD. In the case of any violation of the provisions of this act,\n\nif the Insurance Commissioner elects not to issue a cease and desist\n\norder, or in the event of noncompliance with a cease and desist\n\norder issued pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of this\n\nsection, the Insurance Commissioner may institute a proceeding to\n\nobtain injunctive or other appropriate relief in the district court\n\nof Oklahoma County.\n\nE. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, if a\n\nhealth maintenance organization fails to comply with the net worth\n\nrequirement of this act, the Insurance Commissioner is authorized to\n\ntake appropriate action to assure that the continued operation of\n\nthe health maintenance organization will not be hazardous to its\n\nenrollees.","path":["OK Code","Title 36"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os36.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"64a2d899fc144a9726ad1f902a695d642ec1d6728d5ae79250bb4a1a3e5641a0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6924","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6926"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}