(a) Each nonprofit dental service corporation may contract with its subscribers for dental services as may be from time to time provided under any nonprofit dental service plan adopted by the corporation.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-30-106

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • 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.
  • Dental service: means professional services rendered by persons duly licensed under the laws of this state to practice dentistry and all services defined as constituting the practice of dentistry as set out in title 63, chapter 5. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • Nonprofit dental service corporation: means any corporation organized pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a nonprofit dental service plan, and that employs the service benefit concept in the majority of the programs it administers. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • Nonprofit dental service plan: means a plan whereby specified dental service is provided by a nonprofit dental service corporation to subscribers to the plan. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • Person: includes a natural person, a corporation, an association, a common law trust or corporation. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • Subscriber: means a person to whom a subscription certificate is issued by a dental care service plan corporation that sets forth the beneficiaries and the kind and extent of dental service for which the corporation is liable to make payment. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
(b) The rates charged by the nonprofit dental service corporation to its subscribers shall be consistent with the proper conduct of its business and the interest of the public and shall at all times be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
(c) Nothing contained in this chapter or in any nonprofit dental service plan shall affect the ordinary professional relationship between the person rendering dental services under the plan and the subscriber to whom the services are rendered; and no action based upon or arising out of the relationship or relating to dental services rendered pursuant to a nonprofit dental service plan shall be maintained against the nonprofit dental service corporation operating the plan.
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