§ 58-67-170. Statutory construction and relationship to other laws. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 58‑67‑170. Statutory construction and relationship to other laws.

(a)        Except as otherwiseprovided in this Chapter, provisions of the insurance laws and servicecorporation laws do not apply to any health maintenance organization licensedunder this Article. This subsection does not apply to an insurer or servicecorporation licensed and regulated under the insurance laws or the servicecorporation laws of this State except with respect to its health maintenanceorganization activities authorized and regulated under this Article or anyother provision of this Chapter that expressly applies to health maintenanceorganizations.

(b)        Solicitation ofenrollees by a health maintenance organization granted a license, or itsrepresentatives, shall not be construed to violate any provision of lawrelating to solicitation or advertising by health professionals.

(c)        Any healthmaintenance organization authorized under this Article shall not be deemed tobe practicing medicine or dentistry and shall be exempt from the provisions ofChapter 90 of the General Statutes relating to the practice of medicine anddentistry; provided, however, that this exemption does not apply to individualproviders under contract with or employed by the health maintenanceorganization. (1977,c. 580, s. 1; 1979, c. 876, s. 1; 1985, c. 30; 2001‑5, s. 2.)