Pennsylvania Code › Title 31 - INSURANCE › Part II - Automobile Insurance › Chapter 67 - CATASTROPHIC LOSS BENEFITS CONTINUATION FUND › Subchapter D - STATEMENTS OF POLICY › Appendix B › Section 1761 - Definitions [Repealed]

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and phrases when used in this
						subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
						context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrator."
-The administrator
						designated by the Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund Board.
"Board."
-The Catastrophic Loss Trust
						Fund Board.
"Catastrophic loss."
-An injury, arising
						out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, for which the reasonable and
						necessary expenses for medical treatment and rehabilitative services, as
						described in section 1712(1) (relating to availability of benefits), exceed
						$100,000.
"Catastrophic loss benefit."
-Payments by
						the Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund for those reasonable and necessary expenses
						only for medical treatment and rehabilitative services which, as described in
						section 1712(1), exceed $100,000, subject to the limitations provided in
						section 1766 (relating to benefits). Catastrophic loss benefits shall not
						duplicate any other payments for medical treatment and rehabilitative services.
"Eligible claimant."
-Except as provided
						in the definition of ineligible claimant, eligible claimant includes a resident
						of this Commonwealth who suffers injury on or after the effective date of this
						subchapter arising out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in the
						United States, its territories or possessions and Canada. The estate of an
						eligible claimant shall be entitled to receive catastrophic loss benefits
						pursuant to section 1766 to the extent that financial obligations for
						reasonable and necessary medical treatment and rehabilitative services were
						incurred by the eligible claimant prior to the death of that person. Otherwise
						eligible claimants shall not be disqualified from participating in or receiving
						benefits from the Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund for injuries suffered after the
						effective date of this subchapter but prior to their first registration renewal
						after the effective date of this subchapter.
"Executive director."
-The executive
						director of the Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund Board.
"Fund."
-The Catastrophic Loss Trust
						Fund.
"Fund charge."
-The fund charge
						established under this subchapter.
"Ineligible claimant."
-Any of the
						following:
(1) A person who is the
					 owner of a motor vehicle who has not complied with the registration
					 requirements of Chapter 13 (relating to registration of vehicles).
(2) A person who is the driver or occupant of
					 a recreational vehicle not intended for highway use, a motorcycle, a motorized
					 pedalcycle, a motor-driven cycle or like type vehicle required to be registered
					 under this title but not subject to the charge levied in section 1762 (relating
					 to funding).
"Manager."
-The manager designated by the
						Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund Board.