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SECTION 27-18-45

§ 27-18-45 Whistleblowers protection.– No accident and sickness insurer pursuant to this chapter, or any other insureroffering and/or insuring health services on a prepaid basis as defined in§ 42-62-4(7), shall engage in any retaliation or retribution, directly orindirectly, or shall terminate or modify the terms of a medical serviceagreement that it maintains with a physician or other medical servicesprovider, because the physician or other provider reports or is about to reportverbally or in writing, to a public body, a regulatory agency, a subscriber ormember of the insured, the family or heirs or personal representative of thesubscriber or member or to any other person or public or private agency aviolation by the insurer of a subscriber or membership agreement, a law, ruleor regulation promulgated under the laws of this state.

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SECTION 27-18-45

§ 27-18-45 Whistleblowers protection.– No accident and sickness insurer pursuant to this chapter, or any other insureroffering and/or insuring health services on a prepaid basis as defined in§ 42-62-4(7), shall engage in any retaliation or retribution, directly orindirectly, or shall terminate or modify the terms of a medical serviceagreement that it maintains with a physician or other medical servicesprovider, because the physician or other provider reports or is about to reportverbally or in writing, to a public body, a regulatory agency, a subscriber ormember of the insured, the family or heirs or personal representative of thesubscriber or member or to any other person or public or private agency aviolation by the insurer of a subscriber or membership agreement, a law, ruleor regulation promulgated under the laws of this state.

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SECTION 27-18-45

§ 27-18-45 Whistleblowers protection.– No accident and sickness insurer pursuant to this chapter, or any other insureroffering and/or insuring health services on a prepaid basis as defined in§ 42-62-4(7), shall engage in any retaliation or retribution, directly orindirectly, or shall terminate or modify the terms of a medical serviceagreement that it maintains with a physician or other medical servicesprovider, because the physician or other provider reports or is about to reportverbally or in writing, to a public body, a regulatory agency, a subscriber ormember of the insured, the family or heirs or personal representative of thesubscriber or member or to any other person or public or private agency aviolation by the insurer of a subscriber or membership agreement, a law, ruleor regulation promulgated under the laws of this state.