New Jersey Statutes 17:48C-12. Participating dentists; payments for dental services
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:48C-12
- 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.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any dental service corporation may enter into agreements with eligible dentists whereby such dentists become participating dentists in a plan operated by the corporation and may make to such dentists such payments as shall have accrued by reason of services required to be performed under the plan. No person shall become a participating dentist unless he shall be a dentist authorized to practice dentistry under the laws of this State. Any dental service corporation may enter into contracts for the payment of dental services to the subscribers or members of similar nonprofit dental service corporations of this or any other State, subject to the supervision of the State in which such similar corporation is located, and shall have the right to make payment to any other nonprofit dental service corporation, or to any dentists authorized to practice dentistry in this or any other State for services rendered to its subscribers and their covered dependents at rates not exceeding the rates paid participating dentists under the certificate of the subscriber. The making of any such contract or arrangement, or the rendering of dental service pursuant thereto, shall not be a violation of any law, rule or regulation governing the practice of dentistry.
L.1968, c. 305, s. 12, eff. Sept. 26, 1968.