§431:10A-117  Franchise plan.  (a)  Asused in this section, "employees" include:

(1)  The officers, managers, and employees of theemployer; and

(2)  The individual proprietor or partners, if theemployer is an individual proprietor or partnership.

(b)  Insurance may be issued pursuant to thispart on a franchise plan under the terms of which accident and health orsickness insurance is issued to:

(1)  Five or more employees of any corporation,co-partnership, or individual employer, or any governmental corporation,agency, or department thereof; or

(2)  Ten or more members, employees, or employees ofmembers of any trade or professional association, of a labor union, or of anyother association having had an active existence for at least two years; providedthat:

(A)  Such association or union has aconstitution or bylaws and is formed in good faith for purposes other than thatof obtaining insurance;

(B)  Such persons, with or without theirdependents, are issued the same form of an individual policy varying only as toamounts and kinds of coverage applied for; and

(C)  There is an arrangement whereby thepremiums on the policies may be paid to the insurer periodically by theemployer, with or without payroll deductions, or by the association for its members,or by some designated person acting on behalf of the employer or association.[L 1987, c 347, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 155, §57; am L 2004, c 122, §33]