(a) A person who seeks to operate as a workers’ compensation health care network shall apply to the department for a certificate to organize and operate as a network.

(b) A certificate application must be:

(1) filed with the department in the form prescribed by the commissioner;

(2) verified by the applicant or an officer or other authorized representative of the applicant; and

(3) accompanied by a nonrefundable fee set by commissioner rule.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 4.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.