Missouri Laws 376.425 – Student accident policies, may not limit surgical benefits, when
1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) “Institution of higher learning”, any college or university, or “institution” as that term is defined in section 173.510;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 376.425
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Sponsoring or endorsing entity”, the same as that term is defined in section 376.422;
(3) “Student accident policy”, any individual, franchise, group or blanket policy of accident or health insurance which policy is offered to students of a sponsoring or endorsing entity which is an institution of higher learning and under which policy the insured person pays all or substantially all of the cost of his insurance.
2. No student accident policy issued or delivered for issuance in this state shall limit or exclude surgical benefits to one procedure when multiple procedures are done in one operating session.