A health maintenance organization shall provide basic health care services directly or by contract or agreement with other persons, corporations, institutions, associations, foundations or other legal entities, public or private, in accordance with the laws governing such professions and services.
B. Each health maintenance organization shall have a defined set of standards and procedures for selecting providers, including specialists, to serve enrollees. The standards and procedures shall be drafted in such a manner as to be applicable to all categories of providers and shall be utilized by the health maintenance organization in a manner that is without bias for or discrimination against a particular category or categories of providers.