### Question
What does pooled plan provider mean?


### Answer
**Pooled plan provider** has the following meaning in *29 U.S.C. § 1002*:

> a person who—


(i) is designated by the terms of a pooled employer plan as a named fiduciary, as the plan administrator, and as the person responsible for the performance of all administrative duties (including conducting proper testing with respect to the plan and the employees of each employer in the plan) which are reasonably necessary to ensure that—


(I) the plan meets any requirement applicable under this chapter or title 26 to a plan described in section 401(a) of title 26 or to a plan that consists of individual retirement accounts described in section 408 of title 26 (including by reason of subsection (c) thereof), whichever is applicable

#### Citation:
  - *29 U.S.C. § 1002*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 18-EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER I-PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS > Subtitle A-General Provisions**

