Section 0780-01-76-.18 - CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this rule, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Commissioner may issue an order requiring a self-funded qualified multiple employer welfare arrangement to cease and desist from engaging in any act or practice found to be in violation of any applicable statute or provision under the Tennessee Insurance Law, this Chapter, or any order of the Commissioner.(2) Whenever the Commissioner determines that a self-funded qualified multiple employer welfare arrangement has been established or maintained in this State in violation of Rule 0780-1-76-.03, the Commissioner may issue a cease and desist order ex parte and without prior notice being given to the arrangement; provided, however, that the Commissioner shall provide the arrangement notice and the opportunity for hearing to challenge the issuance of the cease and desist order.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-01-76-.18
Original rule filed April 14, 2004; effective June 28, 2004.Authority: T.C.A. § 56-26-204(b).