1. A laboratory which performs a cytologic examination of gynecologic specimens for a patient residing in this State shall submit any bill for those services to:
(a) The patient directly;
(b) The responsible insurer or other third-party payor; or
(c) The hospital, public health clinic or nonprofit health clinic.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the laboratory shall not submit the bill for those services to the physician who directed the examination.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful for a physician to charge, bill or otherwise solicit payment from a person for cytologic services relating to the examination of gynecologic specimens.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to cytologic services:
(a) Rendered by the physician himself or herself or in a laboratory operated solely in connection with the diagnosis or treatment of the physician’s own patients; or
(b) Provided to an enrollee pursuant to a health care plan authorized pursuant to chapter 695C of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 650)
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