31A-8-105.5. Primary care physicians.
With regard to participating providers who are physicians who are members of the
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, organizations operating under this chapter shall:
(1) permit a female enrollee to receive at least one outpatient examination per year from
the enrollee's choice of one of those participating providers. An organization may not require the
enrollee to receive a preapproval, preauthorization, or referral from the enrollee's primary care
physician before receiving this examination; and
(2) clearly state in the organization's health benefit plan literature that enrollees may seek
the care described in Subsection (1) without preapproval, preauthorization, or referral from the
patient's primary care physician.
Amended by Chapter 10, 1997 General Session
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