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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
CHAPTER 33 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
Section 38-33-290. Participation by physician, podiatrist, optometrist, or oral surgeon as provided in HMO.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 38-33-290 (2017)
No health maintenance organization may prohibit any licensed physician, podiatrist, optometrist, or oral surgeon from participating as a provider in the organization on the basis of his profession. Nothing in this section may be construed to interfere in any way with the medical decision of the primary health care provider to use or not use any health professional on a case-by-case basis.
HISTORY: 1976 Code Section 38-25-80 [1986 Act No. 440; repealed by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 25(f)] recodified as Section 38-33-80 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; substance transferred to Section 38-33-290 by 1987 Act No. 83, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 633.
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