Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 31. INSURANCE |
PART IX. Medical Catastrophe Loss Fund |
Chapter 242. Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund |
Section 242.18. Effective date
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The effective date of this chapter as well as the commencement date for using the prescribed forms shall be November 1, 1976.
The provisions of this § 242.18 adopted October 15, 1976, effective October 16, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 2565; renumbered February 9, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 498.
Notation
These provisions provide for resolution of complaints of adverse agency action, and as such, do not provide adequate remedy or preclude litigant from seeking relief in court, where issue is Cat Funds failure to pay share of malpractice claim settlement, which places Fund in position of defendant, as opposed to its designed position of participant and/or arbiter. Ohio Cas. Group of Ins. Companies v. Argonaut Ins. Co., 525 A.2d 1195 (Pa. 1987).