Montana Code 33-31-305. Dentist participation as provider
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33-31-305. Dentist participation as provider. A contract for dental care services through a health maintenance organization that is offered, delivered, or renewed under this chapter must allow a dentist to request participation as a provider on the same terms and conditions as those by which other dentists participate. This opportunity for participation must be offered for each contract or plan. Each contract or plan must provide at least one annual period during which a dentist may exercise this right.
Terms Used In Montana Code 33-31-305
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Health maintenance organization: means a person who provides or arranges for basic health care services to enrollees on a prepaid basis, either directly through provider employees or through contractual or other arrangements with a provider or a group of providers. See Montana Code 33-31-102
- Plan: means a health maintenance organization operated by an insurer or health service corporation as an integral part of the corporation and not as a subsidiary. See Montana Code 33-31-102
- Provider: means a physician, hospital, hospital-related facility, long-term care facility, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, optometrist, podiatrist, psychologist, licensed social worker, registered pharmacist, or advanced practice registered nurse, as specifically listed in 37-8-202, or registered nurse first assistant as defined by the board of nursing under Title 37, chapter 8, who treats any illness or injury within the scope and limitations of the provider's practice or any other person who is licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to furnish health care services. See Montana Code 33-31-102