Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-27-115

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Medical services: means the general and usual services and care rendered and administered by doctors of medicine. See Tennessee Code 56-27-102

A medical service plan corporation is authorized to purchase a contract of insurance protecting the corporation or any officer or employee of the corporation, or any physician from liability for injuries resulting from negligence, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance or health care liability on the part of any officer or employee of the corporation, or on the part of any physician in the course of rendering medical services to beneficiaries.