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level of internal appeals. A health insurance issuer offering individual health insurance coverage may only have one level of internal appeals. A claimant may seek either external review or judicial review immediately after an adverse benefit determination is upheld in the first level of the internal appeals process.

Source: 37 SDR 63, effective September 23, 2010; 37 SDR 111, effective December 7, 2010.