{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-54-5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-54-5","heading":"Applicability and scope.","body":"(a)\tExcept as otherwise specifically provided, this Article applies to:\n(1)\tAll policies delivered or issued for delivery in this State on or after August 7, 1989; and\n(2)\tAll certificates issued under group policies that have been delivered or issued for delivery in this State on or after August 7, 1989.\n(b)\tThis Article does not apply to an insurance contract of one or more employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof, or for members or former members, or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations.\n(c)\tThis Article does not prohibit or apply to insurance contracts or health care benefit plans, including group conversion policies, that are provided to Medicare eligible persons and that are not marketed or held out to be Medicare supplement policies or benefit plans. (1989, c. 729, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 58. Insurance.","Article 54. Medicare Supplement Insurance Minimum Standards."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_58/GS_58-54-5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:06:53Z","sha256":"68114d1a3d95647438a399f183be4c000313f51a8280b3ebc07b94625613f74b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-54-1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-58-54-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}