31A-4-106.5. Medical retainer agreements.
(1) For purposes of this section: "Medical retainer agreement" means a written contract: between: except as provided in Subsection, a natural person or a professional corporation, alone or with others professionally associated with the natural person or professional corporation; and (1)(b)(iii)(B) an individual patient or a patient's representative; and in which: the person described in Subsectionagrees to provide routine health care services to the individual patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time; and (1)(a)(i)(A) either party to the contract may terminate the agreement upon written notice to the other party. "Routine health care services" include: screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for the purpose of promotion of health, and detection and management of disease or injury; supplies and prescription drugs that are dispensed in a health care provider's office; and laboratory work, such as routine blood screening or routine pathology screening performed by a laboratory that: is associated with the health care provider entering into the medical retainer agreement; or if not associated with the health care provider, has entered into an agreement with the health care provider to provide the laboratory work without charging a fee to the patient for the laboratory work.
(2) A medical retainer agreement exempt from the provisions of Subsectionshall: 31A-4-106(2) describe the specific routine health care services that are included in the contract; prominently state in writing that the retainer agreement is not health insurance; and prohibit the health care provider, but not the patient, from billing an insurer for the services provided under the medical retainer agreement.