§ 514.5 — Contracts for service

Iowa § 514.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 514: NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATIONS

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1. A hospital service corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, or current
chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may enter into contracts for the rendering of
hospital service to any of its subscribers with hospitals maintained and operated by the state
or any of its political subdivisions, or by any corporation, association, or individual. Such
hospital service corporation may also contract with an ambulatory surgical facility to provide
surgical services to the corporation’s subscribers. Hospital service is meant to include bed
andboard,generalnursingcare,useoftheoperatingroom,useofthedeliveryroom,ordinary
medications and dressings and other customary routine care. “Ambulatory surgical facility”
means a facility constructed and operated for the specific purpose of providing surgery to
patients admitted to and discharged from the facility within the same day.
2. A medical service corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, or current
chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may enter into contracts with subscribers to
furnish health care service through physicians and surgeons, dentists, podiatric physicians,
osteopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, or chiropractors.
3. Any pharmaceutical or optometric service corporation organized under chapter 504,
Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may enter into contracts for
the rendering of pharmaceutical or optometric service to any of its subscribers. Membership
in any pharmaceutical service corporation shall be open to all pharmacies licensed under
chapter 155A.
4. A hospital service corporation or medical service corporation organized under chapter
504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may enter into
contracts with subscribers and providers to furnish health care services not otherwise
allocated by this section.

Legislative History

[C39, §8895.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §514.5]