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Ark. Code Ann. § 23-61-502

Exempt health care plans

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Luningham v. Arkansas Poultry Federation Insurance Trust (1996)

Most recently applied in Luningham v. Arkansas Poultry Federation Insurance Trust (May 1996)

Acts 1983, No. 728, § 8; 1985, No. 794, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 66-2026; Acts 2019, No. 315, § 2616.

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to those health care plans which are maintained:

(1) Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement;

(2) By a tax exempt rural electric cooperative;

(3) By The Poultry Federation; or

(4) By any nonprofit vision service plan corporation composed of at least fifty (50) participating optometrists or ophthalmologists licensed by the State of Arkansas to provide vision care services on a prepaid basis when each licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist is subject to the rules of the professional's respective state board and when each participating licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist agrees to assume responsibility for completion of the provisions of the vision care services contracted for so that no element of risk is incurred by any subscriber group or person.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.