(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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