§ 23-75-105 - Relationship of physician, patient, and hospital unaffected. - Arkansas Statutes

23-75-105. Relationship of physician, patient, and hospital unaffected.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to alter the relationship of physician and patient.

(b) The corporation shall not in any way influence the subscriber in his or her free choice of hospital or physician, other than to limit its benefits to participating hospitals and physicians.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to abridge the right of any physician or hospital to decline patients in accordance with the standards and practices of the physician or hospital, and no such corporation shall be deemed to be engaged in the corporate practice of medicine.