1. A health carrier which offers or issues a network plan shall ensure that participating providers of health care in the network are responsible for furnishing covered services to all covered persons without regard to the participation of the covered person in the network plan as a private purchaser of the network plan or as a participant in a publicly financed program of health care services.
2. This section does not apply to circumstances when the participating provider of health care should not render services due to limitations arising from a lack of training, experience or skill or licensing restrictions.