No class of licensed individual providers willing to meet the terms and conditions offered by a health maintenance organization shall be excluded from a health maintenance organization. For purposes of this section, "providers" means those persons licensed pursuant to: A. the Optometry Act [Chapter 61, Article 2 NMSA 1978]; B. Section 61-3-23.2 NMSA 1978; C. the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 4 NMSA 1978]; D. the Dental Health Care Act [Chapter 61, Article 5A NMSA 1978]; E. the Medical Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 6 NMSA 1978]; F. the Podiatry Act [Chapter 61, Article 8 NMSA 1978]; G. the Professional Psychologist Act [Chapter 61, Article 9 NMSA 1978]; H. Chapter 61, Article 10 NMSA 1978; or I. the Pharmacy Act [Chapter 61, Article 11 NMSA 1978]. History: 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-32, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 335, § 1; 1989, ch. 55, § 1; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-35 by Laws 1993, ch. 266, § 31; 1998, ch. 39, § 1; 2003, ch. 343, § 3. Recompilations. — Laws 1993, ch. 266, § 31, recompiled former 59A-46-35 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 5, § 1, relating to coverage for mammograms, as 59A-46-41 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 1994. The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, changed references to the chapter and article to the named acts in Subsections A through I. The 1998 amendment, effective May 20, 1998, substituted "pursuant to Section 61-3-23.2 NMSA 1978 or Article" for "under Articles" and "5A" for "5" near the end of the section.
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