1. (1) No person shall in this state offer a managed care plan on a predetermined and prepaid basis, unless authorized under a certificate of authority issued by the director. A person offering a managed care plan on a predetermined and prepaid basis is deemed to be transacting the business of insurance.
2. (2) An organization proposing to offer a managed care plan on a predetermined and prepaid basis, after it has filed its application for a certificate of authority as provided in section 41-3906, Idaho Code, and while its application is pending, if permitted by and in accordance with rules promulgated by the director, may inform the public concerning its proposed health care services.
3. (3) Entities not offering a managed care plan shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
4. (4) An entity not required to obtain a certificate of authority which holds itself out to the public or markets itself as an organization rendering basic health care services to a specified population through a managed care plan shall be subject to and must comply with the following sections of this chapter but shall not be subject to regulation by the department: 41-3902; 41-3903; 41-3904; 41-3909(1) and (2); 41-3914(1) and (2); 41-3915(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (8); 41-3916; 41-3917; 41-3918(1), (2) and (4); 41-3919(1) and (2); 41-3920; 41-3921(2), (3) and (4); 41-3922(2); 41-3926; 41-3927; 41-3928; 41-3930 and 41-3932, Idaho Code.

[41-3904, added 1974, ch. 177, sec. 4, p. 1444; am. 1997, ch. 204, sec. 6, p. 584; am. 2003, ch. 304, sec. 14, p. 839.]