§ 58-54-5. Applicability and scope. - North Carolina Statutes

§58‑54‑5.  Applicability and scope.

(a)        Except as otherwisespecifically provided, this Article applies to:

(1)        All policiesdelivered or issued for delivery in this State on or after August 7, 1989; and

(2)        All certificatesissued under group policies that have been delivered or issued for delivery inthis State on or after August 7, 1989.

(b)        This Article doesnot apply to an insurance contract of one or more employers or labororganizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employersor labor organizations, or combination thereof, for employees or formeremployees or a combination thereof, or for members or former members, or acombination thereof, of the labor organizations.

(c)        This Article doesnot prohibit or apply to insurance contracts or health care benefit plans,including group conversion policies, that are provided to Medicare eligiblepersons and that are not marketed or held out to be Medicare supplementpolicies or benefit plans. (1989, c. 729, s. 1.)