§ 152.3. Agreements with community health care providers--Rendition of professional services wi...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 51. Officers
51 Okl.St.Ann. § 152.3
§ 152.3. Agreements with community health care providers--Rendition of professional services without compensation--Rules--Status of provider as employee of state--Professional liability insurance of providers
A. 1. The State Department of Health may enter into agreements with community health care providers in which the provider stipulates to the State Department of Health that when the provider renders professional services, such services will be provided without compensation to the community health care provider, although the facility may assess a sliding-scale co-pay fee.
3. A community health care provider, for purposes of any claim for damages arising as a result of rendering professional services to a person, which professional services were rendered without compensation or expectation of payment to the community health care provider, at a time when an agreement entered into by the community health care provider with the State Department of Health, pursuant to this section, was in effect, shall be considered an employee of the state under The Governmental Tort Claims Act.
C. Any claim arising from the rendering of or failure to render professional services by a community health care provider brought pursuant to The Governmental Tort Claims Act shall not be considered by an insurance company in determining the rate charged for any professional liability insurance policy for health care providers nor whether to cancel any such policy.
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Laws 2009, c. 315, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
51 Okl. St. Ann. § 152.3, OK ST T. 51 § 152.3
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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