California Insurance Code

§ 10279

INS § 10279 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Every disability insurer that provides group or individual policies of disability, or both, that provides, operates, or contracts for, telephone medical advice services to its insureds shall do all of the following:

(1)Ensure that the in-state or out-of-state telephone medical advice service complies with the requirements of Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 4999) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.

(2)Ensure that the staff providing telephone medical advice services for the in-state or out-of-state telephone medical advice service hold a valid California license as a registered nurse or a valid license in the state within which they provide telephone medical advice services as a physician and surgeon or physician assistant and are operating consistent with the laws governing their respective scopes of practice.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 799, Sec. 43. (SB 1039) Effective January 1, 2017.