Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-7. Relationship of physician and patient – Actions against corporation
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Nothing contained in this chapter or in any nonprofit medical service plan shall affect the ordinary professional relationship between the person rendering medical services under the plan and the subscriber to whom the services are rendered; and no action based upon or arising out of a relationship or relating to medical services rendered pursuant to a nonprofit medical service plan shall be maintained against the nonprofit medical service corporation operating the plan.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1598, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 27-20-7.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-7
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Medical services: means those professional services rendered by persons duly licensed under the laws of this state to practice medicine, surgery, chiropractic, podiatry, and other professional services rendered by a licensed midwife, certified registered nurse practitioners, and psychiatric and mental health nurse clinical specialists, and appliances, drugs, medicines, supplies, and nursing care necessary in connection with the services, or the expense indemnity for the services, appliances, drugs, medicines, supplies, and care, as may be specified in any nonprofit medical service plan. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-1
- Nonprofit medical service plan: means a plan by which specified medical service is provided to subscribers to the plan by a nonprofit medical service corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6