Members of Religious Orders

40.5 - Members of Religious Orders (Rev. 1, 10-01-03) A3-3152.E, HO-260.2.E A legal obligation to pay exists where a religious order either pays for or furnishes services to members of the order. Although medical services furnished in such a setting would not ordinarily be expressed in terms of a legal obligation, the order has an obligation to care for its members who have rendered life-long services, similar to that existing under an employer’s prepayment plan. Thus, payment may be made for such services whether they are furnished by the order itself or by independent sources that customarily charge for their services.