If a long-term care insurance contract or certificate replaces another long-term care insurance contract or certificate, the replacing insurer shall waive any time periods applicable to preexisting conditions and probationary periods in the new long-term care insurance contract for similar benefits to the extent that similar exclusions have been satisfied under the original contract.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
48.02.060,
48.84.030,
48.01.030. WSR 94-14-100 (Order R 94-10), § 284-54-200, filed 7/6/94, effective 8/6/94.]