West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 114 - Insurance Commission
Title 114 - LEGISLATIVE RULE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Series 114-27A - AIDS Regulations
Section 114-27A-1 - General
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
1.1. Scope. -- Series 27 of the Insurance Commissioner's rules, 114CSR27, establishes the standards for AIDS related underwriting health and lifestyle questions and AIDS testing in connection with applications for life or health insurance policies. This interpretive rule sets forth an additional protocol which the underwriter and the proposed insured may agree to use in lieu of the protocol established in 114CSR27, §5. This additional protocol allows the use of urine specimens as the exclusive method for HIV testing in connection with applications for life or health insurance policies, as an alternative to the use of blood or oral specimens.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code §§ 33-2-10 and 16-3C-2(j).
1.3. Filing Date. -- August 2, 2002.
1.4. Effective Date. -- September 1, 2002.