North Carolina General Statutes
Article 51 - Nature of Policies.
§ 58-51-70 - Industrial sick benefit insurance; provisions.

58-51-70. Industrial sick benefit insurance; provisions.
Policies issued under the industrial sick benefit plan shall contain the substance of provisions contained in G.S. 58-51-15 and in addition shall contain the following:
(1) A provision for grace for the payment of the additional premium or assessment or proportion thereof for such death benefits of not less than four weeks during which period the death benefit shall continue in force;
(2) A provision for incontestability of the death benefit coverage after not more than two years except for
a. Nonpayment of premiums, and
b. Misstatement of age;
(3) A provision that the death benefit is noncancellable by the company except for nonpayment of premium.
The Commissioner may approve any form of certificate to be issued under the industrial sick benefit plan which omits or modifies any of the provisions hereinbefore required, if he deems such omission or modification suitable for the character of such insurance and not unjust to the persons insured thereunder. (1945, c. 385; 1953, c. 1095, s. 4; 1979, c. 755, s. 14.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 58 - Insurance

Article 51 - Nature of Policies.

§ 58-51-1 - Form, classification and rates to be approved by Commissioner.

§ 58-51-5 - Form of policy.

§ 58-51-10 - Right to return policy and have premium refunded.

§ 58-51-15 - Accident and health policy provisions.

§ 58-51-16 - Intoxicants and narcotics.

§ 58-51-17 - Portability for accident and health insurance.

§ 58-51-20 - Renewability of individual and blanket hospitalization and accident and health insurance policies.

§ 58-51-25 - Policy coverage to continue as to children with an intellectual or physical disability; or dependent students on medically necessary leave of absence.

§ 58-51-30 - Policies to cover newborn infants, foster children, and adopted children.

§ 58-51-35 - Insurers and others to afford coverage to children with an intellectual or physical disability.

§ 58-51-37 - Pharmacy of choice.

§ 58-51-37.1 - Lock-in program for certain controlled substances.

§ 58-51-38 - Direct access to obstetrician-gynecologists.

§ 58-51-40 - Insurers and others to afford coverage for active medical treatment in tax-supported institutions.

§ 58-51-45 - Policies to be issued to any person possessing the sickle cell trait or hemoglobin C trait.

§ 58-51-50 - Coverage for chemical dependency treatment.

§ 58-51-55 - No discrimination against mentally ill or chemically dependent individuals.

§ 58-51-57 - Coverage for mammograms and cervical cancer screening.

§ 58-51-58 - Coverage for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests.

§ 58-51-59 - Coverage of certain prescribed drugs for cancer treatment.

§ 58-51-60 - Meaning of term "preexisting conditions" in certain policies.

§ 58-51-61 - Coverage for certain treatment for diabetes.

§ 58-51-62 - Coverage for reconstructive breast surgery following mastectomy.

§ 58-51-63 - Coverage for abortions not allowed in plans offered through Exchange.

§ 58-51-65 - Industrial sick benefit insurance defined.

§ 58-51-70 - Industrial sick benefit insurance; provisions.

§ 58-51-75 - Blanket accident and health insurance defined.

§ 58-51-80 - Group accident and health insurance defined.

§ 58-51-81 - Group accident and health insurance for public school students.

§ 58-51-85 - Group or blanket accident and health insurance; approval of forms and filing of rates.

§ 58-51-90 - Definition of franchise accident and health insurance.

§ 58-51-95 - Approval by Commissioner of forms, classification and rates; hearing; exceptions.

§ 58-51-100 - Credit accident and health insurance.

§ 58-51-105 - Hospitalization insurance defined.

§ 58-51-110 - Renewal, discontinuance, or replacement of group health insurance.

§ 58-51-115 - Coordination of benefits with Medicaid.

§ 58-51-116 - ERISA plans may not require Medicaid to pay first.

§ 58-51-120 - Coverage of children.

§ 58-51-125 - Adopted child coverage.

§ 58-51-130 - Standards for disability income insurance policies.