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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-428" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Fraternal Benefit Societies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “eligible children” means children under the minimum age for adult membership but not more than 18 years old at the time of application.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A society may provide for benefits on the lives of eligible children:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in accordance with § 8-427 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in accordance with the laws or rules of the society; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on application of an adult.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A society may organize and operate branches for eligible children.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A society may not require eligible children to be members of or be initiated in a local lodge.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Eligible children may not participate in the management of the society.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On obtaining the minimum age for adult beneficial membership under the laws of the society, eligible children insured under certificates issued under this section shall be transferred to and become members of the adult branch of the society if the children otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the society.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a child fails to meet the adult eligibility requirements of the society, the transfer is effective only as to the child’s insurance account.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A society may provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the designation and changing of designation of beneficiaries in certificates;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the regulation of certificates; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>all rights, obligations, and liabilities incident to the certificates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
