# COMAR Title 31 — Maryland Insurance Administration

## Subtitle 10 — Health Insurance — General

### Chapter 28 — Individual Health Insurance Contracts — Standard Provisions and Exclusions

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 31.10.28.02*

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Coverage period” means the interval of time the individual health insurance contract provides protection to the insured, in exchange for the payment of a particular premium.

  (2) “Individual health insurance contract” means a health insurance contract issued by an insurer to a policyholder that provides health insurance coverage for permissible individuals as described in Insurance Article, §15-201(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.

  (3) “Insured” means a person covered under an individual health insurance contract.