Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-30-117

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The dental service plan corporation shall annually, on or before March 1, file in the office of the department a statement of its operations for the calendar year, showing financial condition as of December 31 then next preceding, in such form and content as the commissioner prescribes, signed and sworn to by its president and secretary, or other proper officers, and shall pay for the filing of the statement the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00).