Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:48C-7

  • 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
7. Every contract made by any dental service corporation to provide payment for dental service shall provide for the payment for dental service for a period of 12 months or less, and no contract shall be made providing for the inception of such services at a date later than one year after the actual date of the making of such contract. Any such contract may provide that it shall be automatically renewed from year to year unless there shall have been 90 days’ prior written notice of termination by either the subscriber or the corporation. No contract between the corporation and a subscriber shall provide for payment for dental services for more than one person, except that a family contract may provide that payment will be made for dental services rendered to a subscriber, or covered dependents, or both.

L.1968, c.305, s.7; amended 2015, c.148, s.4.