2013 Maryland Code
INSURANCE
§ 8-421 - Membership
§8-421.
(a) (1) A society may admit to membership an individual who:
(i) is older than 14 1/2 years old; and
(ii) gives the society evidence of insurability acceptable to the society.
(2) A minor who is admitted to the society is:
(i) bound by the terms of the application and certificate and by the laws and rules of the society; and
(ii) entitled to the rights and privileges of membership as though the individual were an adult at the time of application.
(b) A society also may admit general or social members who do not have a voice or vote in the management of the society’s insurance affairs.
(c) The members of a grand, supreme, or subordinate lodge or branch of a society are not personally liable for payment of a benefit provided by the society.
(d) A society shall specify in its laws or rules the rights and privileges of each membership class.
(e) Membership rights in a society are personal to the member and not assignable.
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