North Carolina § 58-3-240 - Direct access to pediatrician for minors.
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§ 58-3-240. Direct access to pediatrician for minors.
Each insurer offering a health benefit plan that uses a network of contracting health care providers shall allow an insured to choose a contracting pediatrician in the network as the primary care provider for the insured's children under the age of 18 and covered under the policy. History (2001-446, s. 1.4.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2001-446, s. 8 provides: "Nothing in this act obligates the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement this act." Legal Periodicals. - For comment, "Patients' Bill of Rights; Legislative Cure-All or Prescription for Disaster?," see 81 N.C.L. Rev. 653 (2003).
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 58-3-240 ("Direct access to pediatrician for minors.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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