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N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-36.12-02

Disclosure and review of prior authorization requirements

1. A prior authorization review organization shall make any prior authorization requirements and restrictions readily accessible on the organization's website to enrollees, health care professionals, and the general public. Requirements include the written clinical criteria and be described in detail using plain and ordinary language comprehensible by a layperson.

2. If a prior authorization review organization intends to implement a new prior authorization requirement or restriction, or amend an existing requirement or restriction, the prior authorization review organization shall:

a. Ensure the new or amended requirement is not implemented unless the prior authorization review organization's website has been updated to reflect the new or amended requirement or restriction; and b. Provide contracted health care providers of enrollees written notice of the new or amended requirement or amendment no fewer than sixty days before the requirement or restriction is implemented.

Official source: North Dakota Legislative Branch. Reproduced from public-domain North Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.