North Dakota Century Code Title 26.1. Insurance § 26.1-53.1-16. Provider agreements

1. A discount plan organization must have a written provider agreement with all providers offering medical or ancillary services to the organization's members. The written provider agreement may be entered directly with the provider or indirectly with a provider network to which the provider belongs.

2. A provider agreement between a discount plan organization and a provider must provide the following:

3. A provider agreement between a discount plan organization and a provider network must require that the provider network have written agreements with the provider network's providers which:

4. A provider agreement between a discount plan organization and an entity that contracts with a provider network must require that the entity, in the entity's contract with the provider network, require the provider network to have written agreements with the provider network's providers which comply with subsection 3.

5. The discount plan organization shall maintain a copy of each active provider agreement into which the organization has entered.