Section 2012.130  Standard Format Outline of Coverage Requirements

This Section implements, interprets and makes specific the provisions of Section 351A-8 of the Code in prescribing a standard format and the content of an outline of coverage.

a)         The outline of coverage shall be a free-standing document, using no smaller than ten point type.

b)         The outline of coverage shall contain no material of an advertising nature.

c)         Text which is capitalized or underscored in the standard format outline of coverage may be emphasized by other means which provide prominence equivalent to such capitalization or underscoring.

d)         Use of the text and sequence of text of the standard format outline of coverage is mandatory unless otherwise specifically indicated.

e)         The standard format, including style, arrangement and overall appearance, and the content of an outline of coverage appears in Exhibit C of this Part.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 7600, effective May 5, 2008)