58-17-55.   Reimbursement provisions applicable to licensed hospitals. Notwithstanding any provision of any policy of insurance subject to the general provisions of this title, whenever such policy or contract provides for reimbursement for any service which may be legally performed by a hospital licensed in this state which has an organized medical staff with permanent facilities including inpatient beds and which is primarily engaged in providing diagnostic or therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment, or care of injured and disabled, rehabilitation services for the physical rehabilitation of the injured and disabled, either on its premises or in facilities under the supervision of physicians on a pre-arranged basis to inpatients, reimbursement for coverage provided under such policy or contracts shall not be denied.

Source: SL 1977, ch 409.

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