2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 689A - Individual Health Insurance
NRS 689A.040 - Contents of policy; substitution of provisions; captions; omission or modification of provisions. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this State must contain the provisions specified in NRS 689A.050 to 689A.170, inclusive, in the words in which the provisions appear, except that the insurer may, at its option, substitute for one or more of the provisions corresponding provisions of different wording approved by the Commissioner which are in each instance not less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary. Each such provision must be preceded individually by the applicable caption shown or, at the option of the insurer, by such appropriate individual or group captions or subcaptions as the Commissioner may approve.

2. Each policy delivered or issued for delivery in this State after November 1, 1973, must contain a provision, if applicable, setting forth the provisions of NRS 689A.045.

3. If any such provision is in whole or in part inapplicable to or inconsistent with the coverage provided by a particular form of policy, the insurer, with the approval of the Commissioner, may omit from the policy any inapplicable provision or part of a provision, and shall modify any inconsistent provision or part of a provision in such a manner as to make the provision as contained in the policy consistent with the coverage provided by the policy.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1753; A 1973, 547; 1985, 1059; 2007, 3237)

NRS 689A.040 Contents of policy; substitution of provisions; captions; omission or modification of provisions. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this State must contain the provisions specified in NRS 689A.050 to 689A.170, inclusive, in the words in which the provisions appear, except that the insurer may, at its option, substitute for one or more of the provisions corresponding provisions of different wording approved by the Commissioner which are in each instance not less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary. Each such provision must be preceded individually by the applicable caption shown or, at the option of the insurer, by such appropriate individual or group captions or subcaptions as the Commissioner may approve.

2. If any such provision is in whole or in part inapplicable to or inconsistent with the coverage provided by a particular form of policy, the insurer, with the approval of the Commissioner, may omit from the policy any inapplicable provision or part of a provision, and shall modify any inconsistent provision or part of a provision in such a manner as to make the provision as contained in the policy consistent with the coverage provided by the policy.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1753; A 1973, 547; 1985, 1059; 2007, 3237; 2013, 3610, effective January 1, 2014)