Health benefit plan not to discriminate against physician on basis of degree in medicine or osteopathy
KRS 304.17A-275
in effect304.17A-275. Health benefit plan not to discriminate against physician on basis of degree in medicine or osteopathy
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no health benefit plan shall discriminate with respect to employment, staff, privileges, or the provision of professional services against a physician licensed to practice medicine on the basis of whether the physician holds a medical doctor (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathy (D.O.) degree.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 413, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2000). Although 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 413, sec. 4, indicated that a new section of KRS Chapter 17A was being created, it is clear from the subject matter of the section that it was intended instead to create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304. Under KRS 7.136(1), this manifest clerical or typographical error has been corrected by codifying the section in Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17408Fetched: 10/20/2026