(a) No other provision of this title applies to a prepaid limited health service organization, unless a prepaid limited health service organization is specifically mentioned in the provision.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-51-124

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-51-102
  • Limited health service: means dental care services, vision care services, mental health services, substance abuse services, and pharmaceutical services. See Tennessee Code 56-51-102
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Prepaid limited health service organization: means any person, corporation, partnership, or any other entity that, in return for a prepayment from a health maintenance organization or a state or federal agency, undertakes to provide or arrange for, or provide access to, the provision of a limited health service to enrollees through an exclusive panel of providers. See Tennessee Code 56-51-102
(b) Except as provided in this chapter, this title does not apply to prepaid limited health service organizations certificated under this chapter. Any person, entity, or prepaid limited health service organization operating without a subsisting certificate of authority in violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, in addition to being subject to this chapter, is subject to the insurance code.
(c) The department is vested with all powers granted to it under the insurance code with respect to the investigation of any violation of this chapter.
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