O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-20-15 (2019)

Issuance and contents of membership certificates

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) Every health care corporation shall issue to its subscribers a membership certificate which shall describe the health care plan under which the subscriber is enrolled and shall specify how the holder of such contract may obtain the name or names and addresses of participating providers of health care services upon whom the subscriber shall have the right to call for health care services and the nature of such services. The description in the membership certificate shall be consistent with this chapter and the purposes thereof.

(b) The form, size of type, general arrangement, and contents of the membership certificate shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner and shall be filed with and approved by him in accordance with Chapter 24 of this title and such rules, regulations, and procedures as the Commissioner may from time to time prescribe.

History

Code 1933, § 56-1710a, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1461, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Provisions of ac-

cident and sickness insurance policies generally, § 33-24-20 et seq.