(1)(a) All prepaid health clinic contracts or forms shall be printed in English.
(b) If the negotiations by a prepaid health clinic with a subscriber leading up to the effectuation of a prepaid health clinic contract are conducted in a language other than English, the prepaid health clinic shall supply to the subscriber a written translation of the contract, which translation accurately reflects the substance of the contract and is in the language used to negotiate the contract. Any such translation shall be furnished to the office as part of the filing of the prepaid health clinic contract form and shall be approved by the office prior to use. No translation of a prepaid health clinic contract form shall be approved by the office unless the translation accurately reflects the substance of the prepaid health clinic contract form in translation. When a translation of a prepaid health clinic contract is used, the translation shall clearly and conspicuously state on its face and in the language of the translation:
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This is a translation of the document that you are about to sign.
(2) All advertisements by a prepaid health clinic, if printed or broadcast in a language other than English, also shall be available in English and shall be furnished to the office upon request. As used in this subsection, the term “advertisement” means any advertisement, circular, pamphlet, brochure, or other printed material disclosing or disseminating advertising material or information by a clinic to prospective or existing subscribers and includes any radio or television transmittal of an advertisement or information.
History.—ss. 10, 11, ch. 84-313; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1610, ch. 2003-261.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 641 - Health Care Service Programs
Part II - Prepaid Health Clinics (Ss. 641.40-641.459)
641.401 - Declaration of legislative intent, findings, and purposes.
641.4015 - Part exclusive; applicability of other laws.
641.403 - Rulemaking authority.
641.405 - Application for certificate of authority to operate prepaid health clinic.
641.406 - Issuance of certificate of authority.
641.4065 - Insurance business not authorized.
641.408 - Use of certain words prohibited in the name of a prepaid health clinic.
641.409 - Insolvency protection.
641.4091 - Levy upon deposit; limitation.
641.41 - Annual report of prepaid health clinic; administrative penalty.
641.411 - Other reporting requirements.
641.414 - Investment of funds of prepaid health clinic.
641.418 - Examination of prepaid health clinic by the office.
641.419 - Rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, or dissolution of prepaid health clinic.
641.42 - Prepaid health clinic contracts.
641.421 - Language used in contracts and advertisements; translations.
641.422 - Contract provisions incorporating charter or bylaw provisions.
641.423 - Execution of contracts.
641.424 - Validity of noncomplying contracts.
641.425 - Construction of contracts.
641.426 - Delivery of contract to subscriber.
641.427 - Notice of cancellation, termination, or nonrenewal of contract.
641.428 - Nondiscrimination of coverage for certain surgical procedures involving bones or joints.
641.429 - Acceptable payments to prepaid health clinic.
641.437 - Investigatory power of office.
641.438 - Genetic information restrictions.
641.44 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited.
641.441 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
641.443 - Temporary restraining orders.
641.446 - Cease and desist and penalty orders.
641.448 - Penalty for violation of cease and desist order.
641.452 - Administrative penalty in lieu of suspension or revocation of certificate of authority.
641.454 - Civil action to enforce prepaid health clinic contract; attorney’s fees; court costs.
641.455 - Disposition of moneys collected under this part.
641.457 - Exemption for certain operational prepaid health clinics.