Colorado Dental Service Inc

“The organization has members who are defined as participating dentists who are engaged in the practice of dentistry in the state of colorado. The participating dentists are those that have signed a participating dentist agreement with the organization as prescribed by the board of trustees.”

“The members of the organization have the authority to elect the board of trustees at the annual meeting of the members.”

“Certain matters of the organization are subject to a vote of the members. A quorum of 15% of membership, or 500 members, whichever is greater, is required.”

“We engage an independent cpa tax professional to prepare our form 990, and board members generally feel this is the appropriate fiduciary process. The audit, investment and finance committee's role then is to evaluate the firm hired to prepare the return and to determine it is appropriately filed. We have taken those steps with our audit, investment, and finance committee. The board of trustees reviews and approves form 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“Ddco conducts an annual compliance training, which is mandatory for all employees to attend. The conflicts of interest policy is discussed at this training. On an annual basis, all employees are required to complete a conflict of interest statement and submit any potential or perceived conflict of interest. Receipt of all signed and completed forms are tracked in an excel file; original forms are kept in the personnel file in the human resources office. Any reported potential or perceived conflicts of interest are reviewed and, if necessary, employees and their manager are advised to remove themselves from any situation involving the potential conflict. Additionally, all new employees receive compliance training and are required to complete a conflict of interest statement. Employees are instructed to complete a new conflict of interest statement during the course of the year, should their situation change. The conflict of interest policy and statement forms are posted on the company intranet.”

“The organization has a compensation committee of the board of trustees that is responsible for setting the compensation of the president and ceo. The committee engages the services of a third party to provide ranges of compensation that are appropriate for the duties required by the position of the president, as well as the position of the vice presidents. The ceo and president of the corporation is responsible for the compensation process of the remaining executives of the organization. The organization engages a third party to provide ranges of acceptable increases and compensation levels of average salaries by salary grade.”

“The organization maintains copies of the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements that are available for public inspection. The organization has a statement on its website, www.deltadentalco.com, that informs the public that these documents are available for public inspection at its corporate headquarters. The organization's annual report is also posted on its website, which states that "complete audited financial statements are available for inspection at our corporate offices upon request". Documents are available for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Unrecognized actuarial gains 39,000.”