Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-30-130

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-30-102
  • 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
  • insurance company: includes all corporations, associations, partnerships, or individuals engaged as principals in the business of insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • 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

This chapter is not to be construed as prohibiting any insurance company, properly qualified in this state to write accident or health or disability insurance, from making available any plan of dental service that may be approved by the commissioner under existing statutes or within the authority granted in this chapter, in the same manner and in the same means as granted to benevolent associations.