Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
031 - BUREAU OF INSURANCE
Chapter 870 - HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SELF-REFERRALS
Section 031-870-1 - Authority and Purpose

This Rule is adopted by the Superintendent of Insurance, pursuant to 24-A M.R.S.A. §212 and 22 M. R.S.A. §§ 2085 and 2087, to provide standards and procedures for the administration of 22 M.R.S.A. Chapter 414, the Health Care Practitioner Self-Referral Act. The purpose of this Rule is to set forth criteria for determining whether there are adequate safeguards against the conflict of interest that may arise when health care practitioners self-refer patients to facilities in which they have an investment interest, and to establish a process whereby a health care practitioner can apply to the Superintendent for an exemption authorizing referrals to a practitioner-owned facility.