A. A contract, entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2011, between a dental service corporation and a dentist who is licensed to practice in this state shall not require the dentist to provide services to an individual covered under a subscription contract based on a fee set by the dental service corporation unless the service for which the fee applies is a covered service under the individual’s subscription contract.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 20-847

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • subscription: includes a mark, if a person cannot write, with the person's name written near it and witnessed by a person who writes the person's own name as witness. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. This section does not restrict the ability of a dental service corporation to establish dental benefits for services offered by plans that are administered but not insured by the dental service corporation.

C. For the purposes of this section, "covered service" means a service for which any reimbursement is available under a subscription contract without regard to contractual limitations by a deductible, copayment, coinsurance, waiting period, annual or lifetime maximum, frequency limitation, alternative benefit payment, exclusion or other limitation.