20:06:21:01.04.  Similar policy forms. 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 58-17B-2(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.

          Source: 28 SDR 157, effective May 19, 2002; 30 SDR 39, effective September 28, 2003.

          General Authority: SDCL 58-17B-4.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 58-17B-2.