                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXCLUSION OF PODIATRIST NOT PERMITTED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (§
38.2-3407.6)

No podiatrist shall be excluded from participating in any preferred provider
plan pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 42 (§ 38.2-4200 et seq.) of this title
or health maintenance organization pursuant to Chapter 43 (§ 38.2-4300 et seq.)
of this title solely because such preferred provider plan or health maintenance
organization requires that participating health care providers have active
medical staff privileges or admitting medical staff privileges at specified
hospitals, provided that the podiatrist has a delineation of privileges that
enables such podiatrist to perform the type of services that are covered by the
preferred provider plan or health maintenance organization at the designated
hospital or hospitals. The Commission shall have no jurisdiction to adjudicate
controversies arising out of this section.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 522.