24.29.624    REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, TERMINATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF PERMISSION

(1) The department may revoke its order granting permission to self-insure after determining that the self-insurer no longer meets the requirements of the statutes or ARM Title 24, chapter 29, subchapter 6. The self-insurer may appeal the department's revocation order in accordance with ARM 24.29.207. If a self-insurer's permission to self-insure is revoked, the employer(s) shall elect to be bound by compensation plan no. 1, plan no. 2, or plan no. 3 on the effective date of the revocation of permission to self-insure.

(2) Suspension or termination of membership in the Montana self-insurers guaranty fund or failure to pay the department's annual assessment may result in automatic and immediate termination of the department's permission to self-insure in accordance with 39-71-2609 and 39-71-2105 , MCA.

(3) An employer or employer group which is self-insured under plan no. 1 which intends to withdraw as a self-insurer or withdraw the self-insurance status of any subsidiaries, or members, shall notify the department and the guaranty fund, in writing, of its intent at least 60 days in advance of the change in status. Until all liabilities have been paid, the employer or employer group remains subject to these rules.

History: 39-71-203, MCA; IMP, 39-71-403, 39-71-2101 through 39-71-2108, and 39-71-2609, MCA; NEW, 1996 MAR p. 1151, Eff. 5/1/96.