Polk County Government, NC | Plan Year: July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007

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AFLAC Personal Accident Expense Plan

Accident Facts:
• Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for persons ages 1 to 34 and the fifth leading cause of death overall.
• A disabling injury occurs in the home about every four seconds.
• On the average, there are 11unintentional-injury-deaths and about 2,340 disabling injuries every hour during the year.
• In 1998 about 37% of all hospital emergency department room visits in the United States were injury-related.

Injury Facts, 2001 Edition, National Safety Council

Plan Benefits:
• Emergency Treatment
• Initial Hospitalization
• Hospital Confinement
• Specific-Sum injuries
• Accidental Death
• Wellness

Plus...much more

AccidENT EMERGENCY TREATMENT BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $120 for the insured and the spouse, and $70 for children if a covered person receives treatment for injuries sustained in a covered accident. This benefit is payable for treatment for X-rays, treatment by a physician, or for treatment received in a hospital emergency room. Treatment must be received within 72 hours of the accident for benefits to be payable. This benefit is payable once each 24-hour period per covered accident per covered person.

ACCIDENT FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $25 for one treatment per day for up to a maximum of six treatments per covered accident, per covered person for follow-up treatment received for injuries sustained in a covered accident. Treatment must begin within 30 days of the covered accident or discharge from the hospital. Treatment must be furnished by a physician in a physician’s office or in a hospital on an outpatient basis. This benefit is not payable for the same visit that the Physical Therapy Benefit is paid.

INITIAL ACCIDENT HOSPITALIZATION BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $1,000 when a covered person is confined to a hospital for at least 24 hours for injuries sustained in a covered accident. If the covered person is admitted directly to an intensive care unit, AFLAC will pay $1,500. This benefit is payable only once per hospital confinement* or intensive care unit confinement and is payable only once per calendar year, per covered person.

INTENSIVE CARE CONFINEMENT BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay an additional $400 per day for each day a covered person is receiving the Accident Hospital Confinement Benefit and is confined to and charged for a room in an intensive care unit. This benefit is payable up to 15 days per covered accident, per covered person. Confinements must start within 30 days of the accident.

ACCIDENT HOSPITAL CONFINEMENT BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $200 per day for which a covered person is charged for a room for hospital confinement* of at least 18 hours of treatment of injuries sustained in a covered accident. This benefit is payable up to 365 days per covered accident per covered person. The Accident Hospital Confinement Benefit and the Rehabilitation Unit Benefit will not be paid on the same day; only the highest eligible benefit will be paid.

ACCIDENT SPECIFIC-SUM INJURIES BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $25 -$10,000 for:
Burns
Fractures
Dislocations
Skin Grafts
Eye Injuries
Surgical Procedures
Lacerations
Broken Teeth
Brain Concussions
Comas
Paralysis

Treatment must be performed on a covered person for injuries sustained in a covered accident. We will pay for no more than two dislocations per covered accident, per covered person. Dislocations must be diagnosed within 72 hours of the covered accident. Benefits are payable for only the first dislocation of a joint. If a physician reduces a dislocation with local or no anesthesia, we will pay 25% of the amount shown for the closed reduction dislocation. A physician must treat burns within 72 hours after a covered accident. A total of 50% of the burn benefit will be paid for one or more skin grafts. Lacerations requiring sutures must be repaired under the attendance of a physician within 72 hours after the covered accident.

Fractures must be diagnosed by a physician by X-ray within 14 days after a covered accident. For chip fractures and other fractures not reduced by open or closed reduction, we will pay 25% of the benefit amount shown for the closed reduction. We will pay for no more than two fractures per covered accident, per covered person. We will pay no more than one benefit for broken teeth per covered accident, per covered person. Coma duration must be at least seven days and must require intubation for respiratory assistance. Paralysis must result from spinal cord injuries that are received in a covered accident and that result in complete and total loss of use of two or more limbs for a period of at least 30 days, and the loss must be confirmed by a physician. Surgical procedures must be performed within one year of a covered accident. Two or more surgical procedures performed through the same incision will be considered one operation, and benefits will be paid based upon the most expensive procedure. Only one miscellaneous surgery benefit is payable per 24-hour period even though more than one procedure may be performed.

*Hospital confinement is defined as a covered person’s confined to a bed in a hospital for which a room charge is made. The confinement must be on the advice of a physician and medically necessary. Benefits are also payable for confinement in hospitals operated by or for the United States government. Confinement must start within 30 days of the accident. 

ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT BENEFITS
AFLAC will pay the following benefit for death if it is the result of injuries sustained in a covered accident:

A covered person must be a passenger at the time of the common-carrier accident, and a proper authority must have licensed the vehicle to transport passengers for a fee. Common-carrier vehicles are limited to airplanes, trains, buses, trolleys and boats that operate on a regularly scheduled basis between predetermined points or cities. Taxis are not included.

(Other Accidents that are not classified as common-carrier accidents and that are not specifically excluded in the limitations and exclusions of the policy)

AFLAC will pay the following benefit for dismemberment resulting from injuries sustained in a covered accident.

Death or dismemberment must be independent of disease, bodily infirmity, or any other cause other than a covered accident and must occur within 90 days of the accident. Only the highest single benefit per covered person will be paid for accidental dismemberment. Benefits will be paid only once for any covered accident. If death and dismemberment result from the same accident, only the Accidental-Death Benefit will be paid. Loss of use does not constitute dismemberment except for eye injuries resulting in permanent loss of such that central visual acuity cannot be corrected to better than 20/200.

PHYSICAL THERAPY BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $25 for one treatment per day up to a maximum of ten treatments per covered accident, per covered person if a physician advises the person to seek treatment from a physical therapist.

Physical therapy must be for injuries sustained in a covered accident and must start within 30 days of the covered accident or discharge from the hospital. Treatment must take place within six months after the accident. This benefit is not payable for the same visit that the Accident Follow-Up Treatment Benefit is paid.

PROSTHESIS BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $500 if a covered person requires a prosthetic device as a result of injuries sustained in a covered accident. This benefit is payable once per covered accident, per covered person and is not payable for hearing aids, wigs or any dental aids, to include false teeth.

APPLIANCES BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $100 if a covered person requires, as advised by a physician, the use of a medical appliance as an aid in personal locomotion as the result of injuries sustained in a covered accident. This benefit is payable for crutches, wheelchairs, leg braces, back braces and walkers and is payable once per covered accident, per covered person.

MAJOR DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS
AFLAC will pay $150 if a covered person requires one of the following exams for injuries sustained in a covered accident. CT (computerized tomography) scan, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), or EEG (electroencephalogram). The exam must be performed in a hospital, a physician’s office, or an ambulatory surgical center, and a charge must be incurred. This benefit is limited to one payment per calendar year, per covered person.

REHABILITATION UNIT BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $100 per day when a covered person is charged for confinement in a hospital and transferred to a bed in a rehabilitation unit of a hospital for a covered injury. This benefit is limited to 30 days for each covered person per period of hospital confinement and is limited to a calendar year maximum of 60 days. The Accident Hospital Confinement Benefit and the Rehabilitation Unit Benefit will not be paid on the same day; only the highest eligible benefit will be paid.

BLOOD AND PLASMA BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $100 if a covered person requires blood, plasma or platelets for the treatment of injuries sustained in a covered accident. This benefit is not payable for immunoglobulins and is payable only once per covered accident, per covered person.

AMBULANCE BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $150 for ground ambulance transportation or $1,000 for air ambulance transportation if a covered person requires ambulance transportation to a hospital or emergency center for injuries sustained in a covered accident. A licensed professional ambulance company must provide the transportation within 72 hours of the covered accident.

TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $400 per round trip to a hospital if a covered person requires special treatment and hospital confinement for injuries sustained in a covered accident.. The hospital must be more than 100 miles from the covered person’s residence or site of the accident. This benefit will be paid for only the covered person for whom the treatment is prescribed; or if the treatment is for a dependent child and commercial travel is necessary, one the dependent child’s parents or legal guardian who travels with the child will also receive this benefit. The local attending physician must prescribe the treatment, and the treatment must not be available locally. This benefit is payable for up to three round trips per calendar year, per covered person. This benefit is not payable for transportation by ambulance or air ambulance to the hospital.

FAMILY LODGING BENEFIT
AFLAC will pay $100 per night for one motel/hotel room for a member of the immediate family to accompany the covered person if treatment of injuries sustained in a covered accident requires hospital confinement. The hospital and motel/hotel must be more than 100 miles from the covered person’s residence. This benefit is payable up to 30 days per covered accident and only during the time the covered person is confined in the hospital.

WELLNESS BENEFIT
After this policy has been in force for 12 months, AFLAC will pay $60 if you or any one family member undergoes routine examinations or other preventive testing during the following policy year. Eligible family members are your spouse and the dependent children of you or your spouse. Services covered are: annual physical examinations, dental exams, mammograms, Pap smears, eye examinations, immunizations, flexible sigmoidoscopies, prostatic specific antigens (PSAs), ultrasounds and blood screenings. This benefit will become available following each anniversary of this policy’s effective date for service received during the following policy year and is payable only once per policy each 12-month period following the policy anniversary date. Service must be under the supervision of or recommended by a physician and received while your policy is in force, and a charge must be incurred.

CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE BENEFIT
AFLAC will waive all monthly premiums due for the policy and riders for up to 2 months if you meet all of the following conditions: (1)your policy has been in forced for at least six months; (2) we have received premiums for at least six consecutive months; (3) your premiums have been paid through payroll deduction and you leave your employer for any reason; (4) you or your employer notifies us in writing within 30 days of the date your premium payments cease because of your leaving employment; and (5) you re- establish premium payments, either through your new employer’s payroll deduction process or direct payment to AFLAC. You will again become eligible for this benefit after you re-establish your premium payments through payroll deduction for at least six months, and we receive premiums for at least six consecutive months. Payroll deduction means your premium is remitted to AFLAC for you by your employer through a payroll deduction process.

GUARANTEED-RENEWABLE
This policy is guaranteed-renewable for your lifetime, subject to AFLAC’s right to change premiums by class upon any renewal date.

EFFECTIVE DATE
The effective date of this policy will be the date shown on the Policy Schedule, not the date the application is signed. This policy is available through age 64. The payroll rate may be retained after one month’s premium payment on payroll deduction.

FAMILY COVERAGE
Family coverage includes the insured; spouse; and dependent, unmarried children to age 19 (23 if full-time students). Newborn children are automatically insured from the moment of birth. One-parent family coverage includes the insured and all unmarried, dependent children who are unmarried and under age 19 (23 if full-time students).

WHAT IS NOT COVERED
We will not pay benefits for services rendered by a member of the immediate family of a covered person or for an accident that occurs while coverage is not in force. We will not pay benefits for an accident or sickness that is caused by or occurs as a result of a covered person’s:

• Participating in any activity or event, including the operation of a vehicle, while under the influence of a controlled substance (unless administered by a physician or taken according to physician’s instructions) or while intoxicated (intoxicated means that condition as defined by the law of the jurisdiction in which the accident occurred);
• Driving any taxi for wage, compensation or profit;
• Mountaineering using ropes and/or other equipment, parachuting or hang gliding;
• Participating in, or an attempt to participate in, an illegal activity that is defined as a felony whether charged or not (a felony is defined by law of the jurisdiction in which the activity takes place), or being incarcerated in any type penal institution;
• Intentionally self-inflicting bodily injury or attempting suicide, while sane or insane;
• Having cosmetic surgery or other elective procedures that are not medically necessary or having dental treatment except as a result of injury;
• Being exposed to war or any act of war; declared or undeclared, or serving in any of the armed forces;
• Participating in any form of flight aviation other than as a fare-paying passenger in a fully licensed passenger-carrying aircraft;
• Participating in any sport or activity for wage, compensation or profit, or racing any type vehicle in an organized event.

Hospital does not include any institution or part thereof used as a rehabilitation unit; a hospice unit, including any bed designated as a hospice or a swing bed; a convalescent home; a rest or nursing facility; an extended-care facility; a skilled nursing facility; or a facility primarily affording custodial or educational care, care or treatment for persons suffering from mental disease or disorders, care for the aged, or care for persons addicted to drugs or alcohol.

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