354.500. If the director shall for any reason have cause to believethat any violation of sections 354.400 to 354.636 has occurred or is aboutto occur, the director may give notice to the health maintenanceorganization and to the representatives, or other persons who appear to beinvolved in such suspected violation, to arrange a conference with thealleged violators, or potential violators, or their authorizedrepresentatives, for the purpose of attempting to ascertain the factsrelating to such suspected or potential violation, and, in the event itappears that any violation has occurred or is about to occur, to arrive atan adequate and effective means of correcting or preventing such violation.Proceedings under this subsection shall not be governed by any formalprocedural requirements, and may be conducted in such manner as thedirector may deem appropriate under the circumstances.
(L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66)