513C.4  Applicability and scope.
  1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, for purposes of this chapter, carriers that are affiliated companies or that are eligible to file a consolidated tax return shall be treated as one carrier and any restrictions or limitations imposed by this chapter shall apply as if all individual health benefit plans delivered or issued for delivery to residents of this state by such affiliated carriers were issued by one carrier.
  2.  An affiliated carrier that is a health maintenance organization having a certificate of authority under section 514B.5 shall be considered to be a separate carrier for the purposes of this chapter.
95 Acts, ch 5, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §48