191—27.5 (514F) Preferred provider participation requirements.
	 27.5(1) A health care insurer may place reasonable limits on the number or classes of preferred providers which satisfy the standards set forth by the health care insurer, provided that there is no discrimination against providers on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex or marital status.
	 27.5(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a health care insurer may issue policies or subscriber agreements which provide benefits for health care services only if the services have been rendered by a preferred provider, provided the program has met all standards imposed by the commissioner for availability and adequacy of covered services.
	 27.5(3) A health care insurer shall file with the commissioner for the commissioner’s prior review a prototype of any preferred provider arrangement and of the health care plan’s policy, contract, or subscriber agreement associated with the arrangement, together with any changes in the prototype. Use of the prototypical preferred provider arrangement and health care plan’s policy, contract, or subscriber agreement is conditioned upon approval of these documents by the commissioner.