Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-27-105

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-27-102
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Medical service plan: means a plan or arrangement under which medical services are or may be rendered to a subscriber, a covered dependent or other beneficiary by a licensed physician and surgeon at the expense of a medical service plan corporation or other person, in consideration of periodical prepayments made by the subscriber or another in the subscriber's behalf prior to the occurrence of the condition calling for the rendition of medical or surgical services. See Tennessee Code 56-27-102

A medical service plan corporation shall consist of a board of directors and of members, grouped in reasonable classes as the bylaws of the corporation as approved by the commissioner shall provide. The business of the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors of nine (9) persons possessing the same general qualifications as the incorporators, and selected by the members in the manner set out in the bylaws, for three-year terms. Five (5) members of the board shall be licensed doctors of medicine, nominated by the medical societies having territorial jurisdiction in the county in which the corporation has authority to operate, and the other four (4) members shall be representatives of the subscribers in the areas involved, and shall be nominated by the members of the corporation, and all nine (9) members of the board shall be elected by the members of the corporation as provided in this section. Directors or board members shall serve without pay for their work in this capacity, but may receive payment for particular services actually rendered, such as legal counsel, medical or surgical service, accounting or other required services, upon specific approval of the board of directors, the approval being made a part of the minutes of the board of directors.