No articles of association of a nonprofit hospital service corporation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state unless and until the insurance commissioner has certified in writing upon those articles that he or she has determined that public convenience and advantage will be promoted by the establishment of the corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-19-4
Certificate of public convenience and advantage
P.L. 1939, ch. 719, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 27-19-4.
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