practice authority protection

67-9417. practice authority protection. If a health care service is covered by state law in the medicaid program, the state department of health and welfare shall not prohibit any state licensed or registered health care provider from providing the service within the provider’s state-authorized practice from the licensing authority unless: (1) State law or regulation expressly excludes a certain health care provider type from providing the service to medicaid beneficiaries; or (2) The provider fails to enter into a written provider agreement with the medicaid program.