2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 514B - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
514B.32 - CONSTRUCTION.

        514B.32  CONSTRUCTION.
         1.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, laws regulating
      the insurance business in this state and the operations of
      corporations authorized under chapter 514 shall not be applicable to
      any health maintenance organization granted a certificate of
      authority under this chapter with respect to its health maintenance
      organization activities authorized and regulated pursuant to this
      chapter.
         2.  Solicitation of enrollees by a health maintenance organization
      granted a certificate of authority or its representatives does not
      violate any provision of law prohibiting solicitation or advertising
      by health professionals.  Upon a prospective enrollee's request, a
      list of locations of services and a list of providers who have
      current agreements with the health maintenance organization shall be
      made available.
         3.  Any health maintenance organization authorized under this
      chapter is not practicing medicine and shall not be subject to the
      limitations provided in section 135B.26 on types of contracts entered
      into between doctors and hospitals.
         4.  A health maintenance organization authorized under this
      chapter shall be considered a person for purposes of chapter 507B.
      

         Section History: Early Form

         [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 514B.32] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 28, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 88, § 16