(215 ILCS 110/30) (from Ch. 32, par. 690.30)
Sec. 30.
Every contract entered into between a dental service plan
corporation and a subscriber shall be in writing and a certificate stating
the terms and conditions thereof shall be furnished the subscriber. No such
subscription certificate shall be issued unless it contains the following
provisions:
(a) A statement of the amounts payable to the corporation by the
subscriber and the times and manner in which such amounts shall be paid;
(b) A statement of the nature of the dental services to be paid for and
the period during which the certificate shall be effective; and if there
are any types of dental services to be excepted, a detailed statement of
such exceptions printed as hereinafter specified;
(c) A statement of the terms or conditions, if any, upon which the
certificate may be cancelled or otherwise terminated at the option of
either party;
(d) A statement that the subscription certificate, including any
endorsements and applications attached, constitutes the entire contract
between the corporation and the subscriber;
(e) A statement that no statement by the subscriber in his application
for a certificate shall void the contract or be used in any legal
proceeding thereunder, unless such application or an exact copy thereof is
included in or attached to the certificate, and that no agent or
representative of such corporation, other than an officer or officers
designated in the certificate, is authorized to change the contract or
waive any of its provisions;
(f) A statement that if the subscriber defaults in making any payment
under the certificate, the subsequent acceptance of a payment by the
corporation or by one of its duly authorized agents shall reinstate the
certificate, but with respect to disease and injury may cover only such
disease or injury as may be first manifested more than a specified number
of days, not exceeding 10, after the date of such acceptance;
(g) A statement of the period of grace which will be allowed the
subscriber for making any payment due under the contract. Such period shall
not be less than 10 days; and
(h) A statement that indemnity in the form of cash will not be paid to
any subscriber except in reimbursement for payments made by the subscriber
to a dentist and for which the corporation was liable at the time of such
payment.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2179.)
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