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Utah Code § 31A-4-106.5

Medical retainer agreements

Enacted by Chapter 50, 2012 General Session

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) "Medical retainer agreement" means a written contract:

(i) between:

(A) except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(iii)(B), a natural person or a professional corporation, alone or with others professionally associated with the natural person or professional corporation; and

(B) an individual patient or a patient's representative; and

(ii) in which:

(A) the person described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) agrees to provide routine health care services to the individual patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time; and

(B) either party to the contract may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the other party.

(b) "Routine health care services" include:

(i) screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for the purpose of promotion of health, and detection and management of disease or injury;

(ii) supplies and prescription drugs that are dispensed in a health care provider's office; and

(iii) laboratory work, such as routine blood screening or routine pathology screening performed by a laboratory that:

(A) is associated with the health care provider entering into the medical retainer agreement; or

(B) if not associated with the health care provider, has entered into an agreement with the health care provider to provide the laboratory work without charging a fee to the patient for the laboratory work.

(2) A medical retainer agreement exempt from the provisions of Subsection 31A-4-106(2) shall:

(a) describe the specific routine health care services that are included in the contract;

(b) prominently state in writing that the retainer agreement is not health insurance; and

(c) prohibit the health care provider, but not the patient, from billing an insurer for the services provided under the medical retainer agreement.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.