Section 58-17C-2 - Medical director required for managed care plans. - South Dakota Statutes

58-17C-2. Medical director required for managed care plans. A managed care plan shall appoint a medical director who has an unrestricted license to practice medicine. However, a managed care plan that specializes in a specific healing art shall appoint a director who has an unrestricted license to practice in that healing art. The director is responsible for oversight of treatment policies, protocols, quality assurance activities, and utilization management decisions of the managed care plan.

Source: SL 1999, ch 242, § 2.