58-18B-58. Health benefit plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screening.
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Every health benefit plan of a small employer carrier that covers a male and that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state shall provide the following coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer:
(1)An annual medically recognized diagnostic examination, including a digital rectal examination and a prostate - specific antigen test, as follows:
(a)For asymptomatic men aged fifty and over; and
(b)For men aged forty - five and over at high risk for prostate cancer; and
(2)For males of any age who have a prior history of prostate cancer, medically indicated diagnostic testing at intervals recommended by a physician, including the digital rectal examination, prostate - specific antigen test, and bone scan.