50-4-109. Interference prohibited. (1) A licensing board for a health care provider or another state agency may not prohibit, interfere with, initiate a legal or administrative proceeding against, or impose a fine or penalty against:
 (a) a health care provider solely because the provider provides direct patient care; or 
 (b) a person solely because the person pays a direct fee for direct patient care. 
 (2) A health insurance issuer as defined in 33-22-140 or a health care provider may not prohibit, interfere with, initiate a legal or administrative proceeding against, or impose a fine or penalty against: 
 (a) a health care provider solely because the provider provides direct patient care; or 
 (b) a person solely because the person pays a direct fee for direct patient care. 
 History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 262, L. 2021.
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