§488-1 - Definitions. - Hawaii Statutes

     §488-1  Definitions.  As used in this chapter:

     "Department" means the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

     "Group legal service plan" is a plan by which legal services are rendered to individual members of a group identifiable in terms of some common interest.

     "Plan administrator" means those persons who have discretionary authority for the management of the plan or for the collection, management, or disbursement of plan moneys.

     "Prepaid legal service plan" or "plan" means a group legal service plan in which the cost of the services are prepaid by the group member or by some other person or organization in the member's behalf. [L 1976, c 156, pt of §1; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1992, c 19, §1; am L 2008, c 19, §73]

 

Revision Note

 

  Definitions rearranged.

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Prepaid legal service plan whose membership is open to the public is a "group legal service plan".  Att. Gen. Op. 86-22.