58-3-240. Direct access to pediatrician for minors.
Each insurer offering a health benefit plan that uses a network of contracting health care providers shall allow an insured to choose a contracting pediatrician in the network as the primary care provider for the insured's children under the age of 18 and covered under the policy. (2001-446, s. 1.4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 3 - General Regulations for Insurance.
§ 58-3-1 - State law governs insurance contracts.
§ 58-3-5 - No insurance contracts except under Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter.
§ 58-3-6 - Charitable gift annuities.
§ 58-3-7 - Certain accountable care organizations not subject to this Chapter.
§ 58-3-8 - Medical direct primary care agreements not subject to this Chapter.
§ 58-3-10 - Statements in application not warranties.
§ 58-3-15 - Additional or coinsurance clause.
§ 58-3-20 - Group plans other than life, annuity or accident and health.
§ 58-3-25 - Discriminatory practices prohibited.
§ 58-3-30 - Meaning of terms "accident", "accidental injury", and "accidental means".
§ 58-3-33 - Insurer conditionally required to provide information.
§ 58-3-35 - Stipulations as to jurisdiction and limitation of actions.
§ 58-3-40 - Proof of loss forms required to be furnished.
§ 58-3-45 - Insurance as security for a loan by the company.
§ 58-3-50 - Companies must do business in own name; emblems, insignias, etc.
§ 58-3-55 - Must not pay death benefits in services.
§ 58-3-60 - Publication of assets and liabilities; penalty for failure.
§ 58-3-65 - Publication of financial information.
§ 58-3-71 - Unearned premium reserves.
§ 58-3-72 - Premium deficiency reserves.
§ 58-3-75 - Loss and loss expense reserves of fire and marine insurance companies.
§ 58-3-81 - Loss and loss expense reserves of casualty insurance and surety companies.
§ 58-3-100 - Insurance company licensing provisions.
§ 58-3-105 - Limitation of risk.
§ 58-3-110 - Limitation of liability assumed.
§ 58-3-115 - Twisting with respect to insurance policies; penalties.
§ 58-3-120 - Discrimination forbidden.
§ 58-3-121 - Discrimination against coverage of certain bones and joints prohibited.
§ 58-3-135 - Certain insurance activities by lenders with customers prohibited.
§ 58-3-137 - Prohibition on provisions relating to replacement cost estimators.
§ 58-3-140 - Temporary contracts of insurance permitted.
§ 58-3-145 - Solicitation, negotiation or payment of premiums on insurance policies.
§ 58-3-147 - Credit card guaranty or collateral prohibited.
§ 58-3-149 - Certificates of insurance.
§ 58-3-150 - Forms to be approved by Commissioner.
§ 58-3-151 - Deemer provisions.
§ 58-3-152 - Excess liability policies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages.
§ 58-3-155 - Business transacted with insurer-controlled brokers.
§ 58-3-160 - Sale of company or major reorganization; license to be restricted.
§ 58-3-165 - Business transacted with producer-controlled property or casualty insurers.
§ 58-3-167 - Applicability of acts of the General Assembly to health benefit plans.
§ 58-3-168 - Coverage for postmastectomy inpatient care.
§ 58-3-169 - Required coverage for minimum hospital stay following birth.
§ 58-3-170 - Requirements for maternity coverage.
§ 58-3-171 - Uniform claim forms.
§ 58-3-172 - Notice of claim denied.
§ 58-3-175 - Direct payment to government agencies.
§ 58-3-176 - Treatment discussions not limited.
§ 58-3-177 - Uniform prescription drug identification cards.
§ 58-3-179 - Coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
§ 58-3-180 - Motor vehicle repairs; selection by claimant.
§ 58-3-181 - Synchronization of prescription refills.
§ 58-3-185 - Lien created for payment of past-due child support obligations.
§ 58-3-190 - Coverage required for emergency care.
§ 58-3-191 - Managed care reporting and disclosure requirements.
§ 58-3-192 - Coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
§ 58-3-200 - Miscellaneous insurance and managed care coverage and network provisions.
§ 58-3-215 - Genetic information in health insurance.
§ 58-3-220 - Mental illness benefits coverage.
§ 58-3-221 - Access to nonformulary and restricted access prescription drugs.
§ 58-3-223 - Managed care access to specialist care.
§ 58-3-225 - Prompt claim payments under health benefit plans.
§ 58-3-227 - Health plans fee schedules.
§ 58-3-228 - Coverage for extra prescriptions during a state of emergency or disaster.
§ 58-3-230 - Uniform provider credentialing.
§ 58-3-231 - Payment under locum tenens arrangements.
§ 58-3-235 - Selection of specialist as primary care provider.
§ 58-3-240 - Direct access to pediatrician for minors.
§ 58-3-245 - Provider directories; cost tools for insured.
§ 58-3-247 - Insurance identification card.
§ 58-3-250 - Payment obligations for covered services.
§ 58-3-255 - Coverage of clinical trials.
§ 58-3-256 - Coverage related to organ transplants.
§ 58-3-260 - Insurance coverage for newborn hearing screening mandated.
§ 58-3-265 - Prohibition on managed care provider incentives.
§ 58-3-270 - Coverage for surveillance tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer.
§ 58-3-275 - Closure of a block of business.
§ 58-3-280 - Coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema.
§ 58-3-285 - Coverage for hearing aids.
§ 58-3-290 - Nondependent child coverage defined; open enrollment.
§ 58-3-300 - Health insurance issuers subject to certain requirements of federal law.