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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-4-146. Administrator registration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-4-146. Administrator registration.

(a) On and after January 1, 1984, no person, corporation, or business entity shall serve as administrator of a program which has no administrator registered under this Code section unless that person, corporation, or business entity is registered as administrator of that program with the Commissioner.

(b) No administrator may be registered unless the administrator gives bond to the Commissioner conditioned to pay all losses, damages, and expenses incurred as a result of any violation of this article by the administrator or the program being administered thereby. The bond shall be with a surety approved by the Commissioner in the amount of $200,000.00 or the total annual payments made in the immediately preceding year by all programs administered by that administrator, whichever is greater; provided, however, if the administrator is an insurance company licensed to transact insurance in this state or if the administrator is a self-insurer and is approved by the Commissioner, then such administrator shall not be required to give bond to the Commissioner.

(c) No program shall be required to have more than one administrator registered and bonded under this Code section.

(d) An administrator may have his or her registration suspended or revoked by the Commissioner upon any violation of this article by the administrator or when any program administered by the administrator fails to conform to the requirements of this article. The refusal by the Commissioner to register an administrator and the suspension or revocation of an administrator’s registration shall constitute a contested case for purposes of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”

(e) Records, information, and other identifying matter obtained through the submission of a claim for reimbursement by a participating pharmacy shall be used exclusively and solely for the purposes of verification and payment to the participating pharmacy and policyholder and for no other purposes.

## History

Code 1981, § 26-4-146, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 686, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 26.