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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) “Medical retainer agreement” means a written contract:
(i) between:
(A) except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(iii)(B), a natural person or a professional corporation, alone or with others professionally associated with the natural person or professional corporation; and
(B) an individual patient or a patient's representative; and
(ii) in which:
(A) the person described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) agrees to provide routine health care services to the individual patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time; and
(B) either party to the contract may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the other party.
(b) “Routine health care services” include:
(i) screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for the purpose of promotion of health, and detection and management of disease or injury;
(ii) supplies and prescription drugs that are dispensed in a health care provider's office; and
(iii) laboratory work, such as routine blood screening or routine pathology screening performed by a laboratory that:
(A) is associated with the health care provider entering into the medical retainer agreement; or
(B) if not associated with the health care provider, has entered into an agreement with the health care provider to provide the laboratory work without charging a fee to the patient for the laboratory work.
(2) A medical retainer agreement exempt from the provisions of Subsection 31A-4-106(2) shall:
(a) describe the specific routine health care services that are included in the contract;
(b) prominently state in writing that the retainer agreement is not health insurance; and
(c) prohibit the health care provider, but not the patient, from billing an insurer for the services provided under the medical retainer agreement.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 31A. Insurance Code § 31A-4-106.5. Medical retainer agreements - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-31a-insurance-code/ut-code-sect-31a-4-106-5/
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