Georgia Code, Title 33, Chapter 18 - Nonprofit Medical Service Corporations
- § 33-18-1 - Declaration of Public Policy; Construction of Chapter
(a) It is declared to be the public policy of this state to conserve its human resources by making available to all its citizens...
- § 33-18-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Additional services and supplies" means private duty nursing care and licensed practical nursing care; physiotherapy; local...
- § 33-18-3 - Authorization for Incorporation
Medical service corporations contemplated by this chapter may be incorporated for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit medical service plan under...
- § 33-18-4 - Procedure for Incorporation
Medical service corporations contemplated by this chapter shall be chartered and organized as nonprofit corporations in the manner prescribed by subsection (a) and paragraphs...
- § 33-18-5 - Management of Medical Service Corporations Generally; Payment of Expenses of Administration
Medical service corporations created under this chapter shall be governed and conducted as nonprofit organizations for the sole purpose of offering and furnishing a...
- § 33-18-6 - Board of Directors
The business of medical service corporations shall be managed by a board of directors of three or more persons, the majority of whom at...
- § 33-18-7 - Bond of Treasurer; Deposit of Funds Collected From Members or Subscribers
(a) The treasurer of a medical service corporation shall be required to give a fidelity bond with corporate surety in such sum as may...
- § 33-18-8 - Application for Certificate of Authorization
A medical service corporation subject to this chapter may issue contracts when the Commissioner has authorized it to do so. Every application for a...
- § 33-18-9 - Issuance of Certificate of Authorization Generally; Limitations in Certificate of Authorization
(a) The Commissioner shall issue a certificate of authorization upon compliance by the medical service corporation with this chapter and other proper requirements of...
- § 33-18-10 - Renewal of Certificate of Authorization Generally; Grounds and Procedure for Refusal of Renewal or Revocation of Certificate
The certificate of authorization referred to in Code Section 33-18-8 shall be applied for and renewed annually by the Commissioner. Upon application for renewal,...
- § 33-18-11 - Acceptance of Applications for Membership Generally
Medical service corporations when organized shall be authorized to accept applicants individually or collectively who may become members of the medical service corporation furnishing...
- § 33-18-12 - Geographical Limitations As to Acceptance of Applications and Issuance of Contracts
Each medical service corporation shall be authorized to accept applications for membership and to issue contracts only to persons residing in counties in which...
- § 33-18-13 - Issuance and Contents of Membership Certificates
Every medical service corporation shall issue to its members certificates of membership which shall set forth the contract between the medical service corporation and...
- § 33-18-14 - Power of Medical Service Corporations to Contract With Physicians for Provision of Services Generally
Medical service corporations shall have the authority to contract with physicians for payment of services rendered in such manner as to assure the furnishing...
- § 33-18-15 - Limitation As to Doctors With Whom Medical Service Corporations Authorized to Contract; Provision in Contracts As to Receipt by Members of Services From Nonparticipating Doctors
Medical service corporations shall have authority to contract with only licensed doctors of medicine, licensed doctors of dental surgery, or licensed podiatrists; provided, however,...
- § 33-18-16 - Contracts for Provision of System of Comprehensive Health Care
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a medical service corporation created pursuant to this chapter may contract with persons, firms, corporations, and governmental...
- § 33-18-17 - Sale of Contracts by Medical Service Corporations; Restriction of Right of Holders of Contracts to Select Physicians; Prohibition of Corporate Practice of Medicine
(a) Medical service corporations shall have the right to sell contracts providing for the payment of specified charges made by physicians furnishing medical services...
- § 33-18-18 - Right of Doctors to Participation in Medical Service Corporations
Every doctor of medicine, doctor of dental surgery, or podiatrist licensed to practice in this state who is reputable and in good standing shall...
- § 33-18-19 - Regulation and Supervision of Medical Service Corporations by Commissioner; Bonds, Deposits, Fees, and Taxes
Medical service corporations shall be subject to regulation and supervision by the Commissioner. Medical service corporations shall not be required by any department of...
- § 33-18-20 - Submission to Commissioner of Operating Plan, Schedule of Rates, and Amount of Service; Approval by Commissioner
Medical service corporations shall, before accepting applications for membership in a nonprofit medical service plan, submit to the Commissioner a plan of operating and...
- § 33-18-21 - Approval by Commissioner of Rates to Be Paid Physicians Providing Services
The Commissioner shall likewise first approve as being fair and reasonable the rates of payment to be made by medical service corporations to physicians...
- § 33-18-22 - When Funds Collected From Members or Subscribers to Be Paid to Physicians or Other Persons Providing Services
Medical service corporations shall not pay any of the funds collected from the members or subscribers to any physicians for medical or surgical, dental,...
- § 33-18-23 - Maintenance of Reserves for Liabilities; Accumulation of Contingency Reserve
Every medical service corporation shall maintain at all times proper reserves, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, for unearned subscription fees and unearned...
- § 33-18-24 - Approval by Commissioner of Acquisition and Administrative Expenses
All acquisition and administrative expenses incurred in connection with medical service corporations shall at all times be subject to the approval of the Commissioner....
- § 33-18-25 - Investment of Funds of Medical Service Corporations
The funds of any medical service corporation subject to this chapter shall be invested only in securities in which assets of insurance companies may...
- § 33-18-26 - Maintenance of Books and Records Showing Funds Collected and Disbursed; Examination of Books and Records by Commissioner
Every medical service corporation shall keep complete books and records showing all funds collected and disbursed. All books and records shall be subject to...
- § 33-18-27 - Filing of Annual Statement With Commissioner
Every medical service corporation shall annually on or before March 1 file in the office of the Commissioner a statement verified by at least...
- § 33-18-28 - Exemption From Taxation of Medical Service Corporations
Every medical service corporation subject to this chapter is declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution and shall be exempt from all taxes...
- § 33-18-29 - Supervised Dissolution or Liquidation of Medical Service Corporations; Satisfaction of Claims and Disposition of Funds
Any dissolution or liquidation of any medical service corporation subject to this chapter shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner. In case of...
- § 33-18-30 - Payment of Expenses of Supervision, Examination, or Liquidation
Any and all supervision, liquidation, or examination of the affairs of any such medical service corporation by the Commissioner shall be at the expense...
- § 33-18-31 - Resolution of Disputes
Any dispute arising within the purview of this chapter with reference to the regulation and supervision, or both, of any medical service corporation shall...
- § 33-18-32 - Unlawful Actions by Persons Other Than Medical Service Corporations
It shall be unlawful for any person except a medical service corporation incorporated in accordance with this chapter and operating in accordance with authority...
- § 33-18-33 - Unfair or Deceptive Practices by Organizers, Solicitors, or Agents
Whenever the Commissioner finds after investigation that an organizer, solicitor, or agent of a medical service corporation has unfairly or improperly solicited subscription certificates...
Last modified: October 14, 2016