In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this part, the department is vested with the power to seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief when:
- (1) A health maintenance organization is being operated by any person or entity without a subsisting certificate of authority.
- (2) Any person, entity, or health maintenance organization has engaged in any activity prohibited by this part or any rule adopted pursuant thereto.
- (3) Any health maintenance organization, person, or entity is renewing, issuing, or delivering a health maintenance contract or contracts without a subsisting certificate of authority. The department's authority to seek injunctive relief shall not be conditioned on having conducted any proceeding pursuant to chapter 120.
History.--ss. 15, 47, ch. 85-177; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.