(1)  The commissioner may, after a public hearing, find that professional liability insurance coverage for health care providers is not readily available in the voluntary market in a specific part of this state, and that the public interest requires that action be taken.

Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-3-413

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance as provided in Section 31A-2-102. See Utah Code 78B-3-403
  • Health care: means any act or treatment performed or furnished, or which should have been performed or furnished, by any health care provider for, to, or on behalf of a patient during the patient's medical care, treatment, or confinement. See Utah Code 78B-3-403
  • Hospital: means a public or private institution licensed under 2. See Utah Code 78B-3-403
  • State: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102. See Utah Code 78B-3-450
(2)  The commissioner may promulgate rules and implement plans to provide insurance coverage through all insurers issuing professional liability policies and individual and group accident and sickness policies providing medical, surgical or hospital expense coverage on either a prepaid or an expense incurred basis, including personal injury protection and medical expense coverage issued incidental to liability insurance policies.

Amended by Chapter 146, 2009 General Session

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