This chapter shall take effect January 1, 1969, provided, however, that for any case in existence before the effective date of this chapter and for any new case initially made effective before June 1, 1969, the insurer may issue policy forms approved by the Maryland Insurance Administration before January 1, 1969, for use as wholesale life insurance policies which approval was in effect on the initial effective date of that case, and, unless the Commissioner otherwise prescribes pursuant to the provisions of Insurance Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and § 3 of Chapter 553 of the Acts of the 1963 General Assembly of Maryland, the insurer may hereafter continue to issue those policy forms to employees or members newly insured under that case.
Md. Code Regs. 31.09.01.12