‘Blanket health insurance’ means that form of a health insurance covering groups of persons defined in this section and issued on one of the following bases:

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(1) Under a policy issued to a common carrier or to an operator, owner or lessee of a means of transportation, who shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring a group of persons who may become passengers and which group is defined by reference to their travel status on such common carrier or means of transportation.

(2) Under a policy issued to an employer, who shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring any group of employees, dependents or guests, defined by reference to specified hazards incident to an activity or activities or operations of the policyholder.

(3) Under a policy issued to a college, school or other institution of learning, a school district or districts, or school jurisdictional unit, or to the head, principal or governing board of any such educational unit, who or which shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring students, teachers or employees.

(4) Under a policy issued to a religious, charitable, recreational, educational, or civic organization, or branch thereof, which shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring any group of members or participants defined by reference to specified hazards incident to an activity or activities or operations sponsored or supervised by such policyholder.

(5) Under a policy issued to a sports team, camp or sponsor thereof, who shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring members, campers, employees, officials or supervisors.

(6) Under a policy issued to a volunteer fire department, first aid, civil defense, or other such volunteer organization, which shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring any group of members or participants defined by reference to specified hazards incident to an activity or activities or operations sponsored or supervised by such policyholder.

(7) Under a policy issued to a newspaper or other publisher, which shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring its carriers.

(8) Under a policy issued to an association, including a labor union, which has a constitution and bylaws and which has been organized and is maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, which shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring any group of members or participants defined by reference to specified hazards incident to an activity or activities or operations sponsored or supervised by such policyholder.

(9) Under a policy issued to cover any other risk or class of risks which, in the discretion of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, may be properly eligible for blanket health insurance. The discretion of the director may be exercised on an individual risk basis or class of risks basis, or both. [Formerly 743.534]