514F.1 Utilization and cost control review committees. The licensing boards under chapters 148, 149, 151, and 152 shall establish utilization and cost control review committees of licensees under the respective chapters, selected fromlicensees who have practiced in Iowa for at least the previous five years, or shall accreditand designate other utilization and cost control organizations as utilization and cost controlcommittees under this section, for the purposes of utilization review of the appropriateness oflevels of treatment and of giving opinions as to the reasonableness of charges for diagnosticor treatment services of licensees. Persons governed by the various chapters of Title XIII,subtitle 1, of the Code and self-insurers for health care benefits to employees may utilizethe services of the utilization and cost control review committees upon the payment of areasonable fee for the services, to be determined by the respective boards. The respectiveboards under chapters 148, 149, 151, and 152 shall adopt rules necessary and proper forthe administration of this section pursuant to chapter 17A. e determined by the respective boards. The respectiveboards under chapters 148, 149, 151, and 152 shall adopt rules necessary and proper forthe administration of this section pursuant to chapter 17A. It is the intent of this generalassembly that conduct of the utilization and cost control review committees authorized underthis section shall be exempt from challenge under federal or state antitrust laws or othersimilar laws in regulation of trade or commerce. 86 Acts, ch 1180, §10; 87 Acts, ch 115, §63; 88 Acts, ch 1199, §6; 89 Acts, ch 164, §6; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §32; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §177; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §135 Sat Dec 23 00:45:31 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 514F.1 (15, 0)
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