(1)  As used in this section, “health care provider” has the same definition as in Section 78B-3-403.

Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-4-106

  • authorized insurer: means an insurer:
(i) holding a valid certificate of authority to do an insurance business in this state; and
(ii) transacting business as authorized by a valid certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
    (a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
    (b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
    (i) a corporation doing business:
    (A) as:
    (I) an insurance producer;
    (II) a surplus lines producer;
    (III) a limited line producer;
    (IV) a consultant;
    (V) a managing general agent;
    (VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
    (VII) a third party administrator; or
    (VIII) an adjuster; and
    (B) under:
    (I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
    (II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
    (III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
    (ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Employee: means :
    (a) an individual employed by an employer; or
    (b) an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (53)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment:
    (a) a professional service;
    (b) a personal service;
    (c) a facility;
    (d) equipment;
    (e) a device;
    (f) supplies; or
    (g) medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Health care provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insurance: includes :
    (i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
    (ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
    (iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Person: includes :
    (a) an individual;
    (b) a partnership;
    (c) a corporation;
    (d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
    (e) a joint stock company;
    (f) a trust;
    (g) a limited liability company;
    (h) a reciprocal;
    (i) a syndicate; or
    (j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Security: means a:
    (i) note;
    (ii) stock;
    (iii) bond;
    (iv) debenture;
    (v) evidence of indebtedness;
    (vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
    (vii) collateral-trust certificate;
    (viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
    (ix) transferable share;
    (x) investment contract;
    (xi) voting trust certificate;
    (xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
    (xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
    (xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
    (xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (171)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
    (xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (2)  Except under Subsection (3) or (4), unless authorized to do so or employed by someone authorized to do so under Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans, Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals, or Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers, a person may not:

    (a)  directly or indirectly provide health care;

    (b)  arrange for health care;

    (c)  manage or administer the provision or arrangement of health care;

    (d)  collect advance payments for health care; or

    (e)  compensate a provider of health care.

    (3)  Subsection (2) does not apply to:

    (a)  a natural person or professional corporation that alone or with others professionally associated with the natural person or professional corporation, and except as provided in Subsection (3)(e), without receiving consideration for services in advance of the need for a particular service, provides the service personally with the aid of nonprofessional assistants;

    (b)  a health care facility as defined in Section 26B-2-201 that:

    (i)  is licensed or exempt from licensing under 2; and

    (ii)  does not engage in health care insurance as defined under Section 31A-1-301;

    (c)  a person who files with the commissioner a certificate from the United States Department of Labor, or other evidence satisfactory to the commissioner, showing that the laws of Utah are preempted under Section 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or other federal law;

    (d)  a person licensed under Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing – Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries, who arranges for the insurance of all services under:

    (i)  Subsection (2) by an insurer authorized to do business in Utah; or

    (ii)  Section 31A-15-103; or

    (e)  notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (3)(a), a natural person or professional corporation that alone or with others professionally associated with the natural person or professional corporation enters into a medical retainer agreement in accordance with Section 31A-4-106.5.

    (4)  A person may not provide administrative or management services for another person subject to Subsection (2) and not exempt under Subsection (3) unless the person:

    (a)  is an authorized insurer under Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans, Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals, or Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers; or

    (b)  complies with Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators.

    (5)  An insurer or person who provides, administers, or manages health care insurance under Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans, Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals, or Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers, may not enter into a contract that limits a health care provider‘s ability to advise the health care provider’s patients or clients fully about treatment options or other issues that affect the health care of the health care provider’s patients or clients.

    Amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session