Rhode Island § 27-74-10 - Discount Medical Plan Organization Act
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§ 27-74-10. Discount Medical Plan Organization Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-74-10
§ 27-74-10. Marketing requirements.
(a) A discount medical plan organization may market directly or contract with other marketers for the distribution of its product.
(b) The discount medical plan organization shall have an executed written agreement with a marketer prior to the marketer’s marketing, promoting, selling, or distributing the discount medical plan. The agreement between the discount medical plan organization and the marketer shall prohibit the marketer from using advertising, marketing materials, brochures, and discount medical plan cards without the discount medical plan organization’s approval in writing.
(c) The discount medical plan organization shall be bound by and responsible for the activities of a marketer that are within the scope of the marketer’s agency relationship with the organization.
(d) A discount medical plan organization shall approve in writing all advertisements, marketing materials, brochures, and discount cards used by marketers to market, promote, sell, or distribute the discount medical plan prior to their use.
(e) Upon request, a discount medical plan organization shall submit to the commissioner all advertising, marketing materials, and brochures regarding a discount medical plan.
History of Section.
P.L. 2010, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 158, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-74-10 ("Discount Medical Plan Organization Act") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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