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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 38-33-290
Participation by physician, podiatrist, optometrist, or oral surgeon as provided in HMO
Known as the Health Maintenance Organization Act
The act spans §§ 38–38 (32 sections).
1976 Code SECTION 38-25-80 [1986 Act No. 440; repealed by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 25(f)] recodified as SECTION 38-33-80 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; substance transferred t…
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