514.18 Podiatric physicians. Medical or surgical services or procedures constituting the practice of podiatry, also known as chiropody, as provided in chapter 149, and covered by the terms of any individual,group, blanket, or franchise policy providing accident or health benefits hereafter deliveredor hereafter issued for delivery in Iowa and covering an Iowa risk may be performed by anypractitioner, selected by the insured, licensed under chapter 149 to perform such medicalor surgical services or procedures. Any provision of such policy or exclusion or limitationdenying an insured the free choice of such licensed podiatric physician, also known aschiropodist, shall to the extent of the denial, be void, but such voidance shall not affect thevalidity of the other provisions of the policy. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514.18]95 Acts, ch 108, §18; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §150 Sat Dec 23 00:44:21 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 514.18 (16, 0)
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