One period of confinement-continuous hospital confinement means consecutive days of in-hospital service received as an inpatient, or successive confinements when discharge from and readmission to the hospital occurs within a period of time not more than 90 days or three times the maximum number of days of in-hospital coverage provided by the policy to a maximum of 180 days.

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.3017 adopted to be effective January 26, 1977, 2 TexReg 159.