New Mexico § 52-6-6 Certificate of approval; termination

New Mexico Statutes

§ 52-6-6 — Certificate of approval; termination

New Mexico § 52-6-6

Ch. 52Workers' Compensation

Art. 6Group Self-Insurance

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 52-6-6 (2026).

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A.The certificate of approval issued by the director to a group authorizes the group to provide workers' compensation and occupational disease disablement benefits. The certificate of approval remains in effect until terminated at the request of the group or revoked by the director, pursuant to provisions of Section 52-6-23 NMSA 1978.

B.The director shall not grant the request of any group to terminate its certificate of approval unless the group has insured or reinsured all incurred workers' compensation or occupational disease disablement obligations with an authorized insurer under an agreement filed with and approved in writing by the director. Such obligations shall include both known claims and associated expenses and claims incurred but not reported and associated expenses.

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A. The certificate of approval issued by the director to a group authorizes the group to provide workers' compensation and occupational disease disablement benefits. The certificate of approval remains in effect until terminated at the request of the group or revoked by the director, pursuant to provisions of Section 52-6-23 NMSA 1978. B. The director shall not grant the request of any group to terminate its certificate of approval unless the group has insured or reinsured all incurred workers' compensation or occupational disease disablement obligations with an authorized insurer under an agreement filed with and approved in writing by the director. Such obligations shall include both known claims and associated expenses and claims incurred but not reported and associated expenses. C. Subject to approval of the director, a group may merge with another group engaged in the same or similar type of business only if the resulting group assumes in full all obligations of the merging groups. The director may hold a hearing on the merger and shall do so if any party, including a member of either group, so requests.