The governing body of any health maintenance organization may include enrollees, providers, or other individuals. However, after a health maintenance organization has been authorized under this chapter for one year, at least twenty percent of the governing body of a health maintenance organization shall be composed of consumers. A consumer, is any person other than a person whose occupation involves the administration of health activities or the providing of health services.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-41-23

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1974, ch 321, §§ 2 (9), 16; SL 1985, ch 393, § 5; SL 2014, ch 244, § 1.