Applications for the licenses shall be made on forms approved by the commissioner, containing information the commissioner deems necessary. Every application for a license shall be accompanied by copies of the following documents:

(1)

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-30-111

  • 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
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Subscription: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(A) A certified copy of its charter or certificate of incorporation; or
(B) A copy of its bylaws certified by the secretary and the president of the corporation;
(2) Proposed contract between the corporation and the participating dentists showing the terms under which dental care services are to be furnished to subscribers;
(3) Subscription contracts to be issued to subscribers showing a table of the rates to be charged and the benefits to which they are entitled;
(4) A statement of the county or counties in which the corporation proposes to operate dental service plans;
(5) A statement of its financial condition and business in the form and detail the commissioner may require, including amounts of contributions paid for working capital and the name or names of each contributor, and the terms of the contributions, signed and sworn to by the president and secretary, and shall pay for filing of the statement the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(6) A copy of its proposed prospectus and advertising material to be used in solicitation of contracts; and
(7) Proof satisfactory to the commissioner that, in the county or counties in which the corporation proposes to operate, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the resident dentists in the county or counties have agreed to become participating dentists of the corporation immediately upon the issuance of a license to it by the commissioner or, in the alternative, that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the dentists duly licensed to practice in this state under title 63, chapter 5, have agreed to become participating dentists of the corporation immediately upon the issuance of a license to it by the commissioner.
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