The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of compliance to a self-funded or partially self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement unless the employers participating in the multiple employer welfare arrangement are members of a bona fide trade, industrial, or professional association as described in subdivision (b) of Section 742.24.
Source:
Section 742.30, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=742.30..