Florida Statutes 636.228 – Marketing of discount plans
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 636.228
- Discount plan: means a business arrangement or contract in which a person, in exchange for fees, dues, charges, or other consideration, provides access for plan members to providers of medical services and the right to receive medical services from those providers at a discount. See Florida Statutes 636.202
- Discount plan organization: means an entity that, in exchange for fees, dues, charges, or other consideration, provides access for plan members to providers of medical services and the right to receive medical services from those providers at a discount. See Florida Statutes 636.202
- Marketer: means a person or entity that markets, promotes, sells, or distributes a discount plan, including a private label entity that places its name on and markets or distributes a discount plan but does not operate a discount plan. See Florida Statutes 636.202
- writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01
(1) All advertisements, marketing materials, brochures, and discount cards used by marketers must be approved in writing by the discount plan organization.
(2) The discount plan organization must have an executed written agreement with a marketer before the marketer markets, promotes, sells, or distributes the discount plan. Such agreement must prohibit the marketer from using marketing materials, brochures, and discount cards without the approval in writing by the discount plan organization. The discount plan organization may delegate functions to its marketers but shall be bound by any acts of its marketers, within the scope of the delegation, which do not comply with this part.