§ 5-35.1-11.1. Subcontracted optometry network.
An insurer, including a company offering accident and sickness insurance as defined in chapter 18 of title 27, a nonprofit hospital-service corporation as defined in chapter 19 of title 27, a nonprofit medical-service corporation as defined in chapter 20 of title 27, or a health-maintenance organization as defined in chapter 41 of title 27, shall not require that an optometrist participate in a subsidiary’s or a third-party’s vision-care plan as a condition for participation in the insurer’s participating-provider panel.
History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 204, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Section 5-35.1-1. - Definitions.
Section 5-35.1-2. - Qualifications to practice optometry.
Section 5-35.1-3. - Application for examination and license.
Section 5-35.1-4. - Fee for license.
Section 5-35.1-5. - Registration of optometrists from other states.
Section 5-35.1-7. - Renewal of license to practice optometry.
Section 5-35.1-8. - Use of title of doctor.
Section 5-35.1-9. - Acts constituting unlawful practice of optometry.
Section 5-35.1-10. - Unlawful sale of spectacles.
Section 5-35.1-11. - Freedom of choice for eye care.
Section 5-35.1-11.1. - Subcontracted optometry network.
Section 5-35.1-13. - Board of optometry — Appointment of members.
Section 5-35.1-14. - Board — Compensation of members.
Section 5-35.1-15. - Receipts.
Section 5-35.1-16. - Minimum examination of patient.
Section 5-35.1-17. - Persons exempt from requirements.
Section 5-35.1-18. - Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license for unprofessional conduct.
Section 5-35.1-19. - Construction of glass lenses — Violations — Penalty.
Section 5-35.1-20. - Penalty for violations.
Section 5-35.1-21. - Prosecution of violations.