§ 27-17-4-1 — Prohibited activities

A discount medical card program organization
may not do the following:
(1) Use the following in the discount medical card program
organization's advertisements, marketing materials, brochures, or
discount cards:
(A) The term "insurance", except as:
(i) a disclaimer of a relationship between discount medical
card program benefits and insurance;
(ii) a description of an insurance product connected with a
discount medical card program; or
(iii) otherwise provided in this article.
(B) The terms "health plan", "coverage", "copay", "copayment",
"preexisting condition", "guaranteed issue", "portability",
"premium", "underwriting", or another term that could
reasonably mislead a person to believe that a discount medical
card program is health insurance.
(2) Implement restrictions on cardholder access to program
providers, including waiting periods and notification periods.
(3) Pay a provider a fee for medical services.
(4) Collect or accept money from a cardholder for payment to a
provider for medical services furnished to the cardholder unless
the discount medical card program organization is an
administrator licensed under IC 27-1-25.
(5) Make misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representations
regarding the discount, range of discounts, or access to the range
of discounts offered by the discount medical card program.
(6) List, market, promote, or advertise a physician licensed under
IC 25-22.5 as a program provider without the express written
consent of the physician.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.73-2006, SEC.3.