The purpose of this Article is to provide that insurance certificates and subscriber contracts under this Article and Article 65 of this Chapter be readable by a person of average intelligence, experience, and education. All insurers are required by this Article to use certificate and contract forms and, where applicable, benefit booklets that are written in simple and commonly used language, that are logically and clearly arranged, and that are printed in a legible format.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-66-5
Purpose
Known as the Hospital Service Corporation Readable Insurance Certificates Act
The act spans §§ 58–58 (9 sections).
1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1161, s. 1.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.