SECTION 7.1911. Name Eligibility and Proof of Existence

(a) No multiple-employer welfare arrangement licensed under this subchapter shall take any name which is the same as or closely resembles the name of any other multiple-employer welfare arrangement possessing a certificate of authority and doing business in this state. A multiple-employer welfare arrangement must complete a name application form to transact business under its own name and shall not adopt any assumed name, except that a multiple-employer welfare arrangement by amending its articles may change its name or take a new name with the approval of the commissioner.

(b) Whenever it shall be necessary in any legal proceeding to prove the existence of a multiple-employer welfare arrangement, a certified copy of the multiple-employer welfare arrangement's certificate of authority shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the multiple-employer welfare arrangement.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.1911 adopted to be effective May 27, 1994, 19 TexReg 3686.