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<br />"Mental Illness" mear,s physical l::or mental corldition having an eml::oti'::onal Ot' <br />psychological origin. <br /> <br />"Open Enr~llMent Period" means a <br />Eligibility Period as specified <br />and determined periodically by <br />during which Enrollees may enroll <br />this C"ntract without prQviding <br />Hea 1 th PIa.,..!. <br /> <br />perìlJd ¡Jf time subsequent t.J the Initial <br />in the application of the Enrolling Unit <br />the Health Plan and the Enrolling Unit, <br />themselves and Eligible Dependents under <br />evidence of good health satisfactQry to <br /> <br />"Pat'ticipai;ir'"lg HI:rspital" means a Hospital which has a Corltract 'Jr an <br />Agreement with Health Plan to provide Health Services to Covered Persons. <br /> <br />"Par'ticipating Phat'macy" means a Phar'macy which has entered into a service <br />agreement with Health Plan to provide Pharmacy Services to Covered Persons. <br /> <br />"Pat't icipat ing Physician" nteans arlY Part icipat ing Primary Care Physician, <br />Participating Specialist Physician or Psychiatric Primary Provider who has <br />entered into a service agreement with Health Plan to provide Health <br />Services t'J C'Jvet'ed Per'sl:,ns. <br /> <br />"Pat'ticipating Pt'imary Care Physician" means- a Participatirlg Physician who <br />is selected by the C,:)Vered Pet'son t:) be respl)nsible for providing Ot' <br />authorizing the Health Services covered under this Contract. The Primary <br />Care Physician may only be a Participating Physician from the medical <br />pt'act ices of fami ly pract ice, obstetrics-gyn,)cology, general internal <br />medici:'"le, 'Jt' pediah'ics. <br /> <br />"Par't ici pat ing Pr,)vider" means a Part icipat ing Hospital, Part icipat ing <br />Specialist Physician, Participating Primary Care Physician, Psychiatric <br />Pt'imary Provider, Alcohol Dependency Treatment Facility, and any other <br />health service provider who/which has been approved by Health Plan or with <br />whom Health Plan has contracted to provide Health Services to Covered <br />Persons. <br /> <br />"Pa¡'t icipat ÍFlg Special ist Physician" means any physician who has entered <br />int,) a service agreement with Health Plan to prl::!vide specialist care to <br />C,)vered Persons. <br /> <br />"Presc~iption Medication" means a drug which can, under federal or state <br />law, be dispensed only pursuant tQ a Prescription Order, or which is a <br />compounded prescription or insulin. <br /> <br />"Prescription Order" means the authorizatiQn for Prescription Medication <br />issued by a Pat't icipat i ng PhysicÜm, or non-participat ing physician <br />t'endet'Í ng Health Plan appt'oved referral Ot' emergency Health Services, wh,::! <br />is duly 1 icertsed tc, ma~.e such an authrjt'izat ion in the ,")rdi\"lary course \:.f <br />his or her professional practice. <br /> <br />"Psychiatric Primary Provider II means the organization or entity with whom <br />Health Plan contracts with and authorizes to evaluate, diagnose, refer <br />a~d/or provide the Mental Health Services, Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction <br />Detoxification, as covered under the Contract. <br /> <br />GM-12-7 <br />