The governing body of any health maintenance organization may include enrollees, providers, or other individuals. However, after a health maintenance organization has been authorized under this chapter for one year, at least twenty percent of the governing body of a health maintenance organization shall be composed of consumers. A consumer, is any person other than a person whose occupation involves the administration of health activities or the providing of health services.
S.D. Codified Laws § 58-41-23
Composition of governing body--Consumer representation
Known as the Health Maintenance Organization Act
The act spans §§ 58–58 (129 sections).
Source: SL 1974, ch 321, §§ 2 (9), 16; SL 1985, ch 393, § 5; SL 2014, ch 244, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.