An insurer, including a company offering accident and sickness insurance as defined in chapter 18 of title 27, a nonprofit hospital-service corporation as defined in chapter 19 of title 27, a nonprofit medical-service corporation as defined in chapter 20 of title 27, or a health-maintenance organization as defined in chapter 41 of title 27, shall not require that an optometrist participate in a subsidiary’s or a third-party’s vision-care plan as a condition for participation in the insurer’s participating-provider panel. History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 204, § 1.
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