Any limited health service benefit plan issued or renewed on or after July 12, 2006, which provides coverage for services rendered by a physician or osteopath duly licensed under KRS Chapter 311 that are within the scope of practice of an optometrist duly licensed under the provisions of KRS Chapter 320 shall provide the same payment of coverage to optometrists as allowed for those services rendered by physicians or osteopaths.
Effective: July 12, 2006

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.17C-100

  • Limited health service benefit plan: means any policy or certificate that provides services for dental, vision, mental health, substance abuse, chiropractic, pharmaceutical, podiatric, or other such services as may be determined by the commissioner to be offered under a limited health service benefit plan. See Kentucky Statutes 304.17C-010

History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 8, effective July 12, 2006.