CHAPTER 4. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

IC 27-17-4
    Chapter 4. Prohibited Activities

IC 27-17-4-1
Prohibited activities
    Sec. 1. A discount medical card program organization may not dothe following:
        (1) Use the following in the discount medical card programorganization's advertisements, marketing materials, brochures,or discount cards:
            (A) The term "insurance", except as:
                (i) a disclaimer of a relationship between discount medicalcard program benefits and insurance;
                (ii) a description of an insurance product connected witha discount medical card program; or
                (iii) otherwise provided in this article.
            (B) The terms "health plan", "coverage", "copay","copayment", "preexisting condition", "guaranteed issue","portability", "premium", "underwriting", or another termthat could reasonably mislead a person to believe that adiscount medical card program is health insurance.
        (2) Implement restrictions on cardholder access to programproviders, including waiting periods and notification periods.
        (3) Pay a provider a fee for medical services.
        (4) Collect or accept money from a cardholder for payment toa provider for medical services furnished to the cardholderunless the discount medical card program organization is anadministrator licensed under IC 27-1-25.
        (5) Make misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representationsregarding the discount, range of discounts, or access to therange of discounts offered by the discount medical cardprogram.
        (6) List, market, promote, or advertise a physician licensedunder IC 25-22.5 as a program provider without the expresswritten consent of the physician.
As added by P.L.73-2006, SEC.3.