A health care center may provide health care (1) directly or by its employees or contractors licensed by this state to render such services, or by contract or by indemnity arrangement with any hospital, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or person qualified and licensed to render any health care service or by both methods; or (2) by other methods to the extent permitted under the Federal Health Maintenance Organization Act and the regulations adopted thereunder from time to time unless otherwise determined by the commissioner in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. A health care center may also enter into agreements with hospitals or individuals approved by their respective state regulating board, licensed to practice any of the healing arts, for the training of personnel under the direction of persons licensed to practice the profession or healing art. A health care center may also maintain a clinic or clinics for the prevention, study, diagnosis and treatment of human ailments and injuries by licensed persons and to promote medical, surgical, dental or scientific research and learning.

(1971, P.A. 445, S. 3; P.A. 90-68, S. 3, 16; P.A. 16-213, S. 22; P.A. 17-198, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 90-68 added a provision allowing the federal health maintenance organization act through preemption or the insurance commissioner through regulations to establish the method or the manner in which health care is provided; Sec. 33-179c transferred to Sec. 38a-177 in 1991; P.A. 16-213 replaced “Health care may be provided” with “A health care center may provide health care”, redesignated existing Subsecs. (a) and (b) as Subdivs. (1) and (2), replaced “medical, surgical, dental and scientific” with “medical, surgical, dental or scientific” and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 17-198 replaced “; and (2)” with “; or (2)” re manner of providing health care and added reference to Ch. 54 re adoption of regulations, effective July 1, 2017.