No contract between a health maintenance organization (HMO) and a dentist containing provisions for the provision of services to patients may require that the dentist indemnify or hold harmless the health maintenance organization for any expenses and liabilities, including, without limitation, judgments, settlements, attorneys’ fees, court costs, and any associated charges, incurred in connection with any claim or action brought against the HMO based on the HMO’s management decisions, or utilization review provisions for any patient.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-41-58
Prohibition against requiring indemnification from dentists
Known as the Health Maintenance Organization Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (122 sections).
P.L. 1999, ch. 481, § 5.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.