(1) As used in this section, “hospitalist” means a physician of record at a hospital for a patient of a participating physician and who may return the care of the patient to that physician at the end of the hospitalization.
(2) A contract between an insurer and a physician shall not require the mandatory use of a hospitalist.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.17A-532


Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 9, effective July 13, 2004. — Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 476, sec. 24, effective July 14, 2000.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2000). 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 521, sec. 13, was originally shown in the Acts disposition table for the 2000 Kentucky Acts as being codified as KRS § 304.17A-532, but that section’s number assignment was altered to KRS § 304.17A-533 in codification.