GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 749

SENATE BILL 475

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY WHAT INFORMATION MAY BE USED FOR PROOF OF LOSS UNDER LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 58-205.3(a) is amended by adding the following sentence:

"As used in this subsection, the phrase 'satisfactory proof of loss because of the death' includes, but is not limited to, a certified copy of the death certificate; or a written statement by the attending physician at the time of death that contains the following information: (i) the name and address of the physician, who must be duly licensed to practice medicine in the United States; (ii) the name of the deceased; (iii) the date, time, and place of the death; and (iv) the immediate cause of the death."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of July, 1983.