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SC Code § 38-33-325 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 33 - Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 38-33-325. Obstetrician-gynecologist services; referrals; authorization for services; member notification of plan provisions.

 (A) A health benefit plan shall allow a female enrollee thirteen years of age or older a minimum of two visits annually pursuant to the health benefit plan, without prior referral, to the health care services of an obstetrician-gynecologist in the health benefit plan.  (B) For any continuing treatment resulting from obstetrical or gynecological, or both, complications diagnosed during the two visits for a calendar year, authorization must be made for medical necessity directly by the health maintenance organization. Written communication should be sent by the obstetrician-gynecologist to the patient's primary care physician regarding the condition being treated within a reasonable time after each visit.  (C) A health benefit plan must notify its members of the provisions of this subsection (A). The information must be provided in the Summary Plan Description materials and enrollment materials.  (D) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Health benefit plan" means a health maintenance organization, a preferred provider plan, an exclusive provider plan, or other managed care arrangement plan;  (2) "Health care services" means the full scope of medically necessary services provided by the participating obstetrician-gynecologist in the care of or related to the female reproductive system and breasts.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 329, Section 2.
SC Code § 38-35-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Mutual Benevolent Aid Associations|Section 38-35-10. Formation of mutual associations.

 Members of religious denominations, local lodges, or fraternal orders under the control and supervision of a representative governing body within this State or of local labor organizations with a national or international charter or any number of persons, not less than twenty, a majority of whom must be bona fide residents of this State may, when investigated and approved by the director or his designee, form mutual associations, incorporated or unincorporated, for the purpose of aiding their members or their beneficiaries in times of sickness and death by levying equitable assessments for the payment of sick relief or death benefits upon compliance with this chapter.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-35-10 [1962 Code Section 37-441; 1968 (55) 2584; 1971 (57) 474; 1972 (57) 3116] has no comparable provisions in 1987 Act No. 155; Former 1976 Code Section 38-23-10 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1001; 1962 Code Section 37-1001] recodified as Section 38-35-10 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 634.
SC Code § 38-35-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Mutual Benevolent Aid Associations|Section 38-35-20. Conduct of associations.

 A mutual association may not have paid agents for the soliciting of business or members and must be conducted without profit.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-35-20 [1962 Code Section 37-442; 1968 (55) 2584] recodified as Section 38-71-10 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-23-20 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1002; 1962 Code Section 37-1002] recodified as Section 38-35-20 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-35-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Mutual Benevolent Aid Associations|Section 38-35-30. Assessments.

 Assessments must be made by a mutual association at the time an individual becomes a member or at the time of death or sickness of a member and for the purpose of paying benefits due the member because of death or sickness.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-35-30 [1962 Code Section 37-443; 1968 (55) 2584] no comparable provisions in 1987 Act No. 155; Former 1976 Code Section 38-23-30 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1003; 1962 Code Section 37-1003; 1984 Act No. 330] recodified as Section 38-35-30 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-35-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Mutual Benevolent Aid Associations|Section 38-35-40. Annual report; certificate of compliance.

 Mutual associations shall file an annual report with the department. If, after examination of the report, the director or his designee determines that the mutual association has complied with the insurance laws, he may issue it a certificate showing compliance.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-35-40 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-453; 1962 Code Section 37-453] recodified as Section 38-71-70 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-23-40 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1004; 1962 Code Section 37-1004] recodified as Section 38-35-40 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 635.
SC Code § 38-35-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Mutual Benevolent Aid Associations|Section 38-35-50. Examinations.

 A mutual association is subject to any examination by the director or his designee which will enable him to determine that it has complied with the state insurance laws.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-35-50 [1962 Code Section 37-444; 1968 (55) 2569] recodified as Section 38-71-20 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-23-50 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1005; 1962 Code Section 37-1005] recodified as Section 38-35-50 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 636.
SC Code § 38-35-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Mutual Benevolent Aid Associations|Section 38-35-60. Exemption from license fees.

 Mutual associations shall not pay a license fee.  HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-35-60 [1962 Code Section 37-445; 1968 (55) 2582] recodified as Section 38-71-120 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-23-60 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1005; 1962 Code Section 37-1005] recodified as Section 38-35-60 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-10. Fraternal benefit society defined.

 Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and which provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is a fraternal benefit society.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-20. Lodge system operating requirements; lodges for children.

 (A) A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its bylaws, rules, and ritual. Subordinate lodges must be required by the bylaws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the society.  (B) A society may, at its option, organize and operate lodges for children under the minimum age for adult membership. Membership and initiation in local lodges may not be required of these children, nor shall these children have a voice or vote in the management of the society.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-30. Representative form of government requirements.

 A society has a representative form of government when:  (1) it has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways:  (a) the supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as may be prescribed in the society's bylaws. A society may provide for election of delegates by mail. The elected delegates constitute a majority in number and may not have less than two-thirds of the votes and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's bylaws. The assembly must be elected and shall meet at least once every four years and shall elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly. Vacancies on the board of directors between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's bylaws; or  (b) the supreme governing body is a board composed of persons elected by the members, either directly or by the representatives in intermediate assemblies, and other persons prescribed in the society's bylaws. A society may provide for election of the board by mail. Each term of a board member may not exceed four years. Vacancies on the board between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's bylaws. Those persons elected to the board shall constitute a majority in number and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's bylaws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member is considered an elected member. The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society;  (2) the officers of the society are elected either by the supreme governing body or by the board of directors;  (3) only benefit members are eligible for election to the supreme governing body and the board of directors; and  (4) each voting member has one vote; a vote may not be cast by proxy.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-40. Definitions.

 Whenever used in this chapter:  (1) "Benefit contract" means the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by this chapter, as that agreement is described in this chapter.  (2) "Benefit member" means an adult member who is designated by the bylaws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract.  (3) "Certificate" means the document issued as written evidence of the benefit contract.  (4) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Insurance of this State.  (5) "Bylaws" means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated.  (6) "Lodge" means subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches, or by any other designation.  (7) "Premiums" means premiums, rates, dues, or other required contributions, by whatever name known, which are payable under the certificate.  (8) "Rules" means all rules, regulations, or resolutions adopted by the supreme governing body or board of directors which are intended to have general application to the members of the society.  (9) "Society" means fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-50. Operation for benefit of members; power to adopt bylaws and rules.

 (A) A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by:  (1) providing benefits as specified in Section 38-38-310; and  (2) operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious purposes for the benefit of its members, which also may be extended to others.  These purposes may be carried out directly by the society or indirectly through subsidiary corporations or affiliated organizations.  (B) Every society has the power to adopt bylaws and rules for the government of the society, the admission of its members, and the management of its affairs. It has the power to change, alter, add to, or amend the bylaws and rules and has other powers as are necessary and incidental to carrying into effect the objects and purposes of the society.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-110. Membership provisions in bylaws or rules.

 (A) A society shall specify in its bylaws or rules:  (1) eligibility standards for each and every class of membership, provided that if benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership must be set at not less than age fifteen and not greater than age twenty-one;  (2) the process for admission to membership for each membership class; and  (3) the rights and privileges of each membership class, provided that only benefit members have the right to vote on the management of the insurance affairs of the society.  (B) A society also may admit social members who shall have no voice or vote in the management of the insurance affairs of the society.  (C) Membership rights in the society are personal to the member and are not assignable.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-120. Principal place of business; publication of required notice; annual statement of condition; grievance procedure.

 (A) The principal place of business and primary executive, administrative, and home offices and all original books and records of a domestic society must be located and maintained in this State. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in a state, district, province, or territory in which the society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in another location as determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at these meetings is as valid in all respects as if these meetings were held in this State. The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors must be in the English language.  (B)(1) A society may provide in its bylaws for an official publication in which a notice, report, or statement required by law to be given to members, including notice of election, may be published. These required reports, notices, and statements must be printed conspicuously in the publication. If the records of a society show that two or more members have the same mailing address, an official publication mailed to one member must be deemed to be mailed to all members at the same address, unless a member requests a separate copy.  (2) Not later than June first of each year, a synopsis of the society's annual statement providing an explanation of the facts concerning the condition of the society must be printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society, or the synopsis may be published in the society's official publication.  (C) A society may provide in its bylaws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-140. Waiver of bylaw provisions.

 The bylaws of the society may provide that no subordinate body or any of its subordinate officers or members has the power or authority to waive any of the provisions of the bylaws of the society. This provision is binding on the society and every member and beneficiary of a member.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-220. Amendment of bylaws; notice to director.

 (A) A domestic society may amend its bylaws, in accordance with the provisions of its bylaws, by action of its supreme governing body at a regular or special meeting or, if its bylaws provide, by referendum. The referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of its bylaws by the vote of the voting members of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local lodges. A society may provide for voting by mail. An amendment submitted for adoption by referendum may not be adopted unless, within six months from the date of submission, a majority of the members voting have signified their consent to the amendment by one of the methods specified.  (B) An amendment to the bylaws of a domestic society may not take effect unless approved by the director or his designee who shall approve the amendment if he finds that it has been adopted and is not inconsistent with any requirement of the laws of this State or with the character, objects, and purposes of the society. The approval or disapproval of the director or his designee must be forwarded in writing and mailed to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society at its principal office. If the director or his designee disapproves the amendment, the reasons for the disapproval must be stated in the written notice.  (C) Within ninety days from approval by the director or his designee, all amendments, or a synopsis of the amendments, must be furnished to all members of the society either by mail or by publication in full in the official publication of the society. The affidavit of an officer of the society or of anyone authorized by it to mail amendments or synopses, stating facts which show that the amendments or synopses have been addressed and mailed, is prima facie evidence that the amendments or synopses have been furnished the addressee.  (D) Every foreign or alien society authorized to do business in this State must file with the director or his designee a certified copy of all amendments of, or additions to, its bylaws within ninety days after the enactment of the bylaws or additions to the bylaws.  (E) Printed copies of the bylaws as amended, certified by the secretary or corresponding officer of the society, are prima facie evidence of the legal adoption of the amended bylaws.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-230. Not-for-profit institutions for benefit of members.

 A society may create, maintain, and operate or may establish organizations to operate not-for-profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by Section 38-38-50(A)(2). These institutions may furnish services free or at a reasonable charge. Real or personal property owned, held, or leased by the society for this purpose must be reported in every annual statement but is not allowed as an admitted asset of the society.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-240. Reinsurance.

 (A) A domestic ceding society must comply with Section 38-9-200, but the society may not reinsure substantially all of its insurance in force without the written permission of the director or his designee.  (B) Notwithstanding subsection (A) of this section, a domestic society may reinsure the risks of another society in a consolidation, merger, or assumption reinsurance transaction approved by the director or his designee.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-260. Reorganization into mutual life insurer.

 A domestic fraternal benefit society may reorganize into a mutual life insurer. The reorganized fraternal benefit society must comply with all of the requirements of this title pertaining to the licensure and financial requirements for mutual life insurers and any other applicable provisions of this title. The plan of reorganization shall be prepared in writing by the board of directors setting forth in full the terms and conditions of conversion. The plan of reorganization must contain the applicable information outlined in Section 38-19-1130 and must comply with all requirements of this title governing conversions of mutual insurers. The two-thirds vote of all members of the supreme governing body at a regular or special meeting is necessary for approval of the plan. No such reorganization shall be effective until approved by the director or his designee in accordance with the procedures and the criteria set forth in Section 38-19-1140 or such other procedures as the director or his designee shall prescribe.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-310. Contractual benefits allowed; persons covered.

 (A) A society may provide the following contractual benefits in any form:  (1) death;  (2) endowment;  (3) annuity;  (4) temporary or permanent disability;  (5) hospital, medical, or nursing;  (6) monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members; and  (7) other benefits as authorized for life insurers under this title, provided the benefit is:  (a) offered in compliance with the requirements of this title, and  (b) consistent with this chapter.  (B) A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits in subsection (A), consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership upon application of an adult person.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-320. Designation and change of beneficiary; payment of death benefits.

 (A) The owner of a benefit contract has the right at all times to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with the bylaws or rules of the society, unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevocable. A society shall provide that no revocable beneficiary has, or can obtain, a vested interest in the proceeds of a certificate until the certificate has become due and payable in conformity with the provisions of the benefit contract.  (B) If at the death of a person insured under a benefit contract there is no lawful beneficiary to whom the proceeds are payable, the amount of the benefit, except to the extent that funeral benefits may be paid as provided in this chapter is payable to the personal representative of the deceased insured. If the owner of the certificate is other than the insured, the proceeds must be paid to that owner.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.
SC Code § 38-38-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 38 - Insurance|Chapter 38 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 38-38-330. Attachment, garnishment or seizure of benefits.

 Money or other benefit, charity, relief, or aid to be paid, provided, or rendered by a society is not liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, nor may it be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay a debt or liability of a member or beneficiary or another person who may have a right to it, either before or after payment by the society.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 259, Section 1.