A special audit has the power to take away which credential?

• A. Certificate of consent to self-insure
• B. Business license
• C. Operating permit
• D. Tax identification number

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that a special audit of self-insurance programs targets the authorization that allows a company to self-insure workers’ compensation. The credential that enables self-insurance is the Certificate of Consent to Self-Insure. If the audit finds noncompliance or financial/claims management problems, it can suspend or revoke that certificate, which immediately stops the company from self-insuring and forces it back into the standard workers’ compensation market or other required coverage.

Other credentials like a business license, an operating permit, or a tax identification number come from different regulatory areas and aren’t the specific authorization managed by a self-insurance audit, so they aren’t the credential the audit would revoke in this context.