Section 6. Every registered physician who complies with the qualifications, rules and regulations of a medical organization doing business in the community where such physician resides or practices, approved by the department of public health, shall have the right to become an associated physician of said medical organization. A medical organization may terminate its agreement with any associated physician for rendering any fraudulent or improper claim for payment or for failure reasonably to observe the approved rules and regulations of such medical organization including those governing the reports of services and the keeping of accounts and records or for failure to comply with the professional code of ethics as accepted by organized medicine.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 176c - Non-Profit Medical Service Plans
Section 3 - Incorporators; Approval of Certificate of Organization; Board of Directors
Section 4 - Contracts to Provide Medical Service
Section 6 - Associated Physician; Grounds for Termination of Agreement
Section 7 - Subscribers; Choice of Physician
Section 8 - Form and Content of Subscription Agreement
Section 9 - Annual Statement; Verification; Content; Violations
Section 11 - Depositary for Funds
Section 12 - Submission of Disputes; Review of Determination
Section 13 - Grounds for Enjoining Transaction of Business; Receivers; Distribution of Funds
Section 14 - Tax Exemption; Liability
Section 15 - Excise Tax; Violation
Section 16 - Salaries, Compensation or Emoluments
Section 16a - Pay-Roll Deductions for Governmental Employees
Section 17 - Right of Organization to Provide Medical Services