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Covered Expenses means expenses actually incurred by or on behalf of a Covered Person for treatment,
services and supplies not excluded or limited by the policy. Coverage under the policy must remain
continuously in force from the date of the accident or Sickness until the date treatment, services or
supplies are received for them to be a Covered Expense. A Covered Expense is deemed to be incurred on the
date such treatment, service or supply that gave rise to the expense or the charge was rendered or obtained.
Covered Person means any eligible student or an eligible dependent who applies for coverage, and for
whom the required premium is paid to the Company.
Deductible means the dollar amount of Covered Expenses that must be incurred as an out-of-pocket
expense by each Covered Person on a policy term basis before benefits are payable under the policy.
Dependent means an Insured’s lawful spouse; or an Insured’s child, stepchild, foster child, dependent
grandchild or spouse’s dependent grandchild; or a child who is adopted by the Insured or placed for
adoption with the Insured, or for whom the Insured is a party in a suit for the adoption of the child; or a child
whom the Insured is required to insure under a medical support order issued or enforceable by the courts. Any
such child must be under age 26.
Doctor means a Doctor licensed to practice medicine. It also means any other practitioner of the healing arts
who is licensed or certified by the state in which his or her services are rendered and acting within the
scope of that license or certificate. It will not include a Covered Person or a member of the Covered
Person’s immediate family or household.
Emergency Care means health care services provided in a hospital emergency facility (emergency room) or
comparable facility to evaluate and stabilize medical conditions of recent onset and severity, including, but
not limited to, severe pain, that would lead a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of
medicine and health, to believe that the person’s condition, Sickness, or Injury is of such a nature that failure
to get immediate care could result in:
• Placing the patient’s health in serious jeopardy;
• Serious impairment of bodily functions;
• Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part;
• Serious disfigurement; or
• In the case of a pregnant woman, serious jeopardy to the health of the fetus.
Emergency Services means, with respect to an emergency medical condition, a medical screening examination
that is within the capability of the emergency department of a hospital, including ancillary services routinely
available to the emergency department to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and, within the
capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the hospital, such further medical examination and treatment
as are required to stabilize the patient.
Injury means accidental bodily harm sustained by a Covered Person that results directly and independently
from all other causes from a covered accident. The Injury must be caused solely through external, violent and
accidental means. All injuries sustained by one person in any one accident, including all related conditions and
recurrent symptoms of these injuries, are considered a single Injury.