South Carolina Statutes
§ 38-33-290 — Participation by physician, podiatrist, optometrist, or oral surgeon as provided in HMO.
South Carolina § 38-33-290
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 38-33-290 (2026).
Text
No health maintenance organization may prohibit any licensed physician, podiatrist, optometrist, or oral surgeon from participating as a provider in the organization on the basis of his profession. Nothing in this section may be construed to interfere in any way with the medical decision of the primary health care provider to use or not use any health professional on a case-by-case basis.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1976 Code SECTION 38-25-80 [1986 Act No. 440; repealed by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 25(f)] recodified as SECTION 38-33-80 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; substance transferred to SECTION 38-33-290 by 1987 Act No. 83, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 633.
Nearby Sections
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§ 38-33-10
Short title.§ 38-33-110
Complaint procedures; reports; malpractice claims; applicability of Freedom of Information Act.§ 38-33-120
Investment of funds.§ 38-33-160
Operation of health maintenance organization by insurance company; contracts for cost of care.§ 38-33-190
Rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a health maintenance organization; priorities.§ 38-33-20
Definitions.§ 38-33-200
Implementation of regulations.§ 38-33-220
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South Carolina § 38-33-290, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/33/38-33-290.