1. (1) The department is vested with the power to seek a temporary restraining order:

   1. (a) On behalf of the department or on behalf of a subscriber or subscribers of a prepaid health clinic that is being operated by a person or entity without a subsisting certificate of authority; or
   2. (b) On behalf of the department or on behalf of a subscriber or subscribers to whom a prepaid health clinic, person, or entity is issuing, delivering, or renewing prepaid health clinic contracts without an existing certificate of authority.

2. (2) The department and the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services are each vested with the power to seek a temporary restraining order on their behalf or on behalf of a subscriber or subscribers of a prepaid health clinic that is being operated in violation of any provision of this part or any rule promulgated under this part, or any other applicable law or rule.

   ¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.

History.--ss. 10, 11, ch. 84-313; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.