1. (1) Unless authorized by the insurer, a treating physician may not refer a claimant to a health care facility at which the physician does not directly provide care or services when the physician has an investment interest in the facility, unless there is a demonstrated need in the community for the facility and alternative financing is not available. The insurer or the claimant is not liable for charges incurred in violation of this section.
2. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to care or services provided directly to an injured worker by a treating physician with an ownership interest in a managed care organization that has been certified by the department.

History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 628, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 516, L. 1995.