(1) Any prepaid health clinic which utilizes the services of a provider who is not licensed or otherwise authorized by law to provide such services is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) Every prepaid health clinic or provider shall display, in a prominent place in the clinic’s or provider’s waiting area at which the provider treats subscribers, a true and correct copy of the current and valid license or legal authorization of each provider.
(3) The professional judgment of a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 concerning the proper course of treatment of a subscriber shall not be subject to modification by the prepaid health clinic or its board of directors, officers, or administrators. However, this subsection does not prohibit a utilization management program established by a prepaid health clinic.
History.—ss. 10, 11, ch. 84-313; s. 32, ch. 85-62; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 641 - Health Care Service Programs
Part II - Prepaid Health Clinics (Ss. 641.40-641.459)
641.401 - Declaration of legislative intent, findings, and purposes.
641.4015 - Part exclusive; applicability of other laws.
641.403 - Rulemaking authority.
641.405 - Application for certificate of authority to operate prepaid health clinic.
641.406 - Issuance of certificate of authority.
641.4065 - Insurance business not authorized.
641.408 - Use of certain words prohibited in the name of a prepaid health clinic.
641.409 - Insolvency protection.
641.4091 - Levy upon deposit; limitation.
641.41 - Annual report of prepaid health clinic; administrative penalty.
641.411 - Other reporting requirements.
641.414 - Investment of funds of prepaid health clinic.
641.418 - Examination of prepaid health clinic by the office.
641.419 - Rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, or dissolution of prepaid health clinic.
641.42 - Prepaid health clinic contracts.
641.421 - Language used in contracts and advertisements; translations.
641.422 - Contract provisions incorporating charter or bylaw provisions.
641.423 - Execution of contracts.
641.424 - Validity of noncomplying contracts.
641.425 - Construction of contracts.
641.426 - Delivery of contract to subscriber.
641.427 - Notice of cancellation, termination, or nonrenewal of contract.
641.428 - Nondiscrimination of coverage for certain surgical procedures involving bones or joints.
641.429 - Acceptable payments to prepaid health clinic.
641.437 - Investigatory power of office.
641.438 - Genetic information restrictions.
641.44 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited.
641.441 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
641.443 - Temporary restraining orders.
641.446 - Cease and desist and penalty orders.
641.448 - Penalty for violation of cease and desist order.
641.452 - Administrative penalty in lieu of suspension or revocation of certificate of authority.
641.454 - Civil action to enforce prepaid health clinic contract; attorney’s fees; court costs.
641.455 - Disposition of moneys collected under this part.
641.457 - Exemption for certain operational prepaid health clinics.