<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { color: #0000FF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000000">20:06:21:01.04.  Similar policy forms.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont"> For purposes of this chapter, similar policy forms, are all of the long-term care insurance policies and certificates issued by an insurer in the same long-term care benefit classification as the policy form being considered. Certificates of groups that meet the definition in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17B-2"><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">58-17B-2</span></a><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">(4)(a) are not considered similar to certificates or policies otherwise issued as long-term care insurance, but are similar to other comparable certificates with the same long-term care benefit classifications. For purposes of determining similar policy forms, long-term care benefit classifications are defined as follows: institutional long-term care benefits only, non-institutional long-term care benefits only, or comprehensive long-term care benefits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont"> 28 SDR 157, effective </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">May 19, 2002; 30 SDR 39, effective </span><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">September 28, 2003.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000000">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17B-4"><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">58-17B-4</span></a><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000000">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17B-2"><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">58-17B-2</span></a><span class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc1707666-ae17-43c7-9011-eeaea454feb4000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>