California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 8 - Office of the Director
Subchapter 2 - Administration of Self-Insurance Plans
Article 13 - Group Self-Insurance
Section 15490 - Validity of Certificate to Group Self Insurer or Group Member

(a) A Certificate of Consent to Self Insure shall be valid only to the private corporation, partnership, company, subsidiary, affiliate entity, limited liability corporation, group self insurer, or other group member to which the Certificate of Consent to Self Insure, Interim Certificate, or Affiliate Certificate of Consent to Self Insure was issued. No subsidiary or affiliate of an affiliate group self insurer shall be deemed self insured as a member of the group self insurer unless it has been issued an Interim Certificate of Consent to Self Insure pursuant to Section 15482.2 or has applied for and been approved for an Affiliate Certificate of Consent to Self Insure as a member of the group.

(b) Except as provided in Labor Code Section 3701.7, the Manager shall not issue a group member Interim or Affiliate Certificate of Consent to Self Insure with an effective date earlier than the date the approval of the group member by the Board of Directors of the group self insurer.

(c) Once the self insurance program of a group self insurer or a member of a group self insurer has been initiated after approval by the Director, the certificate issued shall be valid until revoked by order of the Director.