2005 Idaho Code - 41-3401 — SCOPE OF CHAPTER

                                  TITLE  41
                                  INSURANCE
                                  CHAPTER 34
                      HOSPITAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
                                 CORPORATIONS
    41-3401.  SCOPE OF CHAPTER. (1) This chapter shall apply to every
individual, person, firm, corporation, association, or organization of any
kind hereafter engaging or purporting to engage in the provision of all or
part of any health care service, as hereinafter defined, for its subscribers
in exchange for periodic prepayments in identifiable amount by or as to such
subscribers.
    (2)  This chapter does not apply as to:
    (a)  Insurers or fraternal benefit societies authorized to transact the
kind of insurance involved pursuant to other chapters of this code.
    (b)  Fraternal and other organizations exempted under section 41-3242
Idaho Code, from the provisions of chapter 32 of this code.
    (c)  Health care services provided by an employer to his employees and
their dependents, with or without contribution to the costs thereof by such
employees, through health care service facilities owned, employed, or
controlled by the employers.
    (d)  Contracts between employers and physicians or hospitals, relative to
the care and treatment of employees of such employers, which contracts are
subject to the jurisdiction of the industrial accident board of Idaho.
    (e)  Infrequent instances of prepayment by or for the patient direct to
the licensee or hospital for specific services thereafter rendered to such
patient by such licensee or hospital.