33-22-114. Coverage required for services provided by physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and registered nurse first assistants. An insurer, a health service corporation, or any employee health and welfare fund that provides accident or health insurance benefits to residents of this state shall provide, in group and individual insurance contracts, coverage as well as payment or reimbursement for health services provided by:
(1) a physician assistant as normally covered by contracts for services supplied by a physician if health care services that the physician assistant is approved to perform are covered by the contract;
(2) an advanced practice registered nurse, defined in 37-8-102, as normally covered by contracts for services supplied by a physician or a physician assistant if health care services that the advanced practice registered nurse is approved to perform are covered by the contract; and
(3) a registered nurse first assistant, licensed under Title 37, chapter 8, as normally covered by contracts for surgical services supplied by a physician, a physician assistant, or an advanced practice registered nurse if surgical services that the registered nurse first assistant is approved to perform are covered by the contract.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 97, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 519, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 173, L. 2011.