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TN Code § 56-30-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-121. Orders of Commissioner — Publication of Regulations — Rates

 After the issuance of a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall be empowered to issue the orders or to publish regulations as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter as the commissioner deems to be in the public interest. The published regulations of the commissioner will have the effect of statute, and shall include, in particular, powers of regulating the form of subscription contracts and requirements of the contracts and prohibited provisions in the contracts, and all other matters requiring further definition or clarification within the requirements of this chapter. The commissioner has the authority to regulate rates as required by statutes now in force or hereinafter enacted by the general assembly.
TN Code § 56-30-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-122. Suspension or Cancellation of License — Withdrawal of Approval of Documents — Revocation and Amendment of Certificate, Order, Authority or Consent

  The commissioner has the authority to suspend or cancel the license of any dental service plan corporation or any agent for violation of this chapter or violation of the insurance laws that may apply and are not in conflict with this chapter, after proper legal notice and a hearing, which action of the commissioner shall be subject to judicial review. The commissioner has the authority, after the issuance of a certificate of authority, to withdraw approval, previously granted, of any document required to be filed with the department under any section of this chapter. In addition, the commissioner has the authority to require a dental service plan corporation to solicit in a manner required by agents' licensing laws, and to fulfill contracts approved by the commissioner, to utilize soliciting methods provided by this chapter, or by other insurance laws, and to comply with all other orders and regulations of the commissioner.   The commissioner has the power and authority to revoke and amend, after reasonable notice and hearing, any certificate, order, authority or consent made by the commissioner to a dental service plan corporation, and may also cancel or suspend the authority of the corporation to transact business in any particular county or counties or area, if the commissioner finds that less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the eligible licensed dentists practicing in that county are participating dentists and that less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the dentists duly licensed to practice in this state under title 63, chapter 5, have agreed to render dental services for corporations organized or to be organized pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 56-30-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-123. Revocation of License for Violation of Chapter

 A dental service plan corporation that neglects to make and file its annual statement in the form and within the time provided by § 56-27-117, or neglects to reply in writing to the inquiries of the commissioner within a reasonable time as may be specified by the commissioner, or who otherwise violates this chapter, shall be subject to revocation of license after proper notice and right of hearing. Any agent or solicitor who violates this chapter or any written order or official regulation of the commissioner or any other insurance law, particularly the agents' licensing law set forth in chapter 6 of this title, shall be subject to revocation of the license after due notice and right of hearing.
TN Code § 56-30-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-124. Review of Order of Commissioner — Writ of Certiorari

 A review of any order made by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter may be had in the circuit court of Davidson County, upon a writ of certiorari. Application for the writ shall be made within thirty (30) days after the entry of the order by the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-30-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-125. Subscription Contract — Duration — Renewal — Termination — Forfeiture of Membership — Deferment of Inception Coverage

 Every subscription contract made by a dental service plan corporation shall provide for the payment of dental services for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of issue of the subscription certificate. The contract may provide that it shall be subject to renewal from year to year unless there has been one (1) month's prior written notice of termination by the dental service plan corporation. A subscriber shall forfeit membership upon failure to renew the contract, or upon voluntary resignation. During the first contract year, the contract may provide that the inception coverage may be deferred for not more than two (2) months from date of issue of the contract, and may exclude treatment of dental ills existing at the inception of the contract.
TN Code § 56-30-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-127. Form of Subscription Certificate

 In the subscription certificate referred to in this chapter:   All printed portions shall be plainly printed in type of which the face is not smaller than ten-point;   There shall be a brief description of the subscription certificate on its first page and on the back of the certificate in type not smaller than fourteen-point. The description shall not be broader than the coverage granted in the contract;   The exceptions of the contract shall appear with the same prominence in the certificate as the benefits of the contract, and reference to the exceptions shall be specifically made in the insuring clause; and   If the contract contains any provisions purporting to make any portion of the articles of incorporation or of the bylaws of the corporation a part of the contract, the portion shall be set forth in full in the subscription certificate.
TN Code § 56-30-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-128. Subscriptions for Dental Care for Needy — Governmental or Private Contributions Authorized

 A dental service plan corporation may, in its discretion, receive and accept from governmental or private agencies or from other persons as defined in this chapter, payments covering all or part of the costs of subscriptions to provide dental care for needy and other individuals. However, all contracts for dental care shall be between the dental service plan corporation and the person to receive the care.
TN Code § 56-30-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-129. Settlement of Dispute or Controversy by Commissioner — Review of Decision

 Any dispute or controversy arising between a dental service plan corporation and any participating dentist or any dentist desiring to become a participating dentist, or any subscriber, or any other person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled, or to whom the corporation has refused to issue a certificate, may within thirty (30) days after the dispute or controversy arises be appealed to the commissioner by the person allegedly aggrieved, or a person or persons designated by the person. After proper notice and hearing, the commissioner shall make a finding, which shall be binding on any dental service plan corporation or agent of the corporation, subject to judicial review.
TN Code § 56-30-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-130. Construction of Chapter

 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.
TN Code § 56-30-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-131. Laws Relating to Practice of Medicine and Surgery or Dentistry or Other Insurance Not Affected

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to modify or repeal any law or parts of law now in force, relating to the practice of medicine or surgery, or to the practice of dentistry, or to the regulation of life, accident, health or casualty insurance, excepting as they are inconsistent with this chapter.
TN Code § 56-30-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-133. Maintenance of Business Records by Electronic Means

 Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, a dental service plan corporation may maintain some or all of its business records using commercially acceptable electronic means.
TN Code § 56-30-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-134. Electronic Payments for Electronic Claims by Dental Service Plan

 Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, a dental service plan that receives claims from dentists electronically may, at the option of the dental service plan, make payments for such claims electronically.
TN Code § 56-30-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 30 - Dental Service Plan Law, 1961|§ 56-30-135. Provision of Insurance Plans for Vision Services

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, subject to approval by the commissioner, a nonprofit dental service corporation only providing dental plans and policies in this state has the authority to provide plans and polices for vision services in this state in the same manner as nonprofit corporations organized under chapter 27, 28, or 29 of this title, or an insurance company properly qualified in this state to write accident, health, or disability insurance. In order for a nonprofit dental service corporation to provide plans and policies for vision services in this state, the nonprofit dental service corporation must not provide vision services in any other state and must comply with §§ 56-31-111 — 56-31-118, 56-31-121, and 56-31-123 – 56-31-129.
TN Code § 56-31-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Vision Service Plan Law.”
TN Code § 56-31-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Beneficiary” means a person designated in the subscription certificate referred to in subdivision (8) as entitled to the vision services referred to in subdivision (8);   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce and insurance;   “Covered dependent” means the spouse and adult dependent or child of a subscriber who is named in the subscription certificate issued to the subscriber, and with respect to whom appropriate premium is specified in the certificate;   “Nonprofit vision service corporation” means any corporation organized pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a nonprofit vision service plan;   “Nonprofit vision service plan” means a plan whereby specified vision service is provided by a nonprofit vision service corporation to subscribers to the plan;   “Participating optometrist” means an optometrist duly licensed to practice optometry in this state who contracts in writing with a vision service plan corporation to perform the vision services specified in the subscription certificates issued by the corporation, and at rates of compensation determined by the board of directors of the corporation, and who agrees to abide by the bylaws, rules and regulations of the corporation applicable to participating optometrists;   “Person” includes a natural person, a corporation, an association, a common-law trust or corporation;   “Subscriber” means a person to whom a subscription certificate is issued by a vision care service plan corporation, which sets forth the beneficiaries and the kind and extent of vision service for which the corporation is liable to make payment; and   “Vision service” means the usual and general professional services rendered by persons duly licensed under the laws of this state to practice optometry.
TN Code § 56-31-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-103. Nonprofit Vision Service Corporation — Creation

  Five (5) or more optometrists duly licensed to practice under the laws of this state may associate themselves by written articles of association for the incorporation of a nonprofit vision service corporation.   A majority of the directors of each nonprofit vision service corporation must at all times be optometrists duly licensed to practice under the laws of this state.   The laws of this state relative to insurance companies or to the business of insurance, and acts in amendment of these laws or in addition to these laws shall not apply to any nonprofit vision service corporation unless expressly so provided in these laws or acts.
TN Code § 56-31-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-104. Articles of Incorporation — Approval by Commissioner

 The articles of incorporation of the corporation, or amendments to the articles, shall be submitted to the commissioner and shall be subject to the commissioner's approval, which shall be endorsed on the articles, before filing with the secretary of state.
TN Code § 56-31-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-105. Board of Directors

 A vision service plan corporation shall consist of a board of directors of such number, grouped in such reasonable classes, as the bylaws of the corporation, as approved by the commissioner, provide.
TN Code § 56-31-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-106. Restrictions on Right to Establish and Operate Plan

 It is unlawful for any person except a vision service plan corporation, incorporated in accordance with this chapter, and operating in accordance with authority from the commissioner, or a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 27, 28, 29, or 30 of this title, or an insurance company properly qualified in this state to write accident, health or disability insurance, to establish, maintain or operate a vision service plan, or to solicit subscribers to or enter into contracts with respect to a vision service plan.
TN Code § 56-31-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-107. Participating Optometrists — Right to Become — Method of Diagnosis and Treatment Unrestricted — Private Optometrist-Patient Relationship — Maintenance

 Every optometrist licensed to practice in this state under title 63, chapter 8, has the right to become a participating optometrist in the vision service plan corporation operating in the county in which the optometrist resides or practices. A vision service plan corporation shall impose no restrictions on the optometrists who treat its subscribers as to methods of diagnosis or treatment. The private optometrist-patient relationship shall be maintained, and a subscriber shall at all times have free choice of any optometrist who is a participating optometrist in the corporation and who agrees to accept a particular beneficiary as a patient.
TN Code § 56-31-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-108. Agreements With Participating Optometrists

 A vision service plan corporation may enter into agreements with optometrists qualified as set out in this chapter, under the terms of which the optometrists may become participating optometrists in a plan operated by the corporation, and may make payments to the optometrists that have accrued to them by reason of services performed by them under the plan on behalf of the corporation.
TN Code § 56-31-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-109. License Required

 No corporation subject to this chapter may issue contracts until the commissioner has, by formal license, authorized it to do so.
TN Code § 56-31-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-110. Application for License — Form — Accompanying Documents — Filing Fee

 Applications for licenses shall be made on forms approved by the commissioner, containing information that the commissioner deems necessary. Every application for a license shall be accompanied by copies of the following documents:   A certified copy of its charter or certificate of incorporation;   A copy of its bylaws certified by the secretary and the president of the corporation;   The proposed contract between the corporation and the participating optometrists showing the terms under which vision care services are to be furnished to subscribers;   Subscription contracts to be issued to subscribers showing a table of the rates to be charged and the benefits to which they are entitled;   A statement of the county or counties in which the corporation proposes to operate vision service plans;   A statement of its financial condition and business in such form and detail as the commissioner requires, signed and sworn to by the president and secretary, and payment of the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for filing of the statement;   A copy of any proposed prospectus and advertising material to be used in solicitation of contracts; and   Proof satisfactory to the commissioner that in the county or counties in which the corporation proposes to operate, fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the resident optometrists of that county have agreed to render vision services for which the corporation agrees to pay, or that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the optometrists duly licensed to practice in this state have agreed to render vision services for corporations organized or to be organized pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 56-31-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-112. Investment of Funds

 The funds of the vision service corporations subject to this chapter shall be invested only in securities permitted by the laws of this state for the investment of assets of life insurance companies.
TN Code § 56-31-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-113. Expenses — Limitation

 All acquisition and administrative expenses incurred in connection with the vision service corporation shall at all times be limited to a percentage of its total net premiums as set and approved by the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-31-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-114. Purchase of Liability Insurance Authorized

 A vision service plan corporation is authorized to purchase a contract of insurance protecting the corporation or any officer or employee of the corporation or any optometrist from liability for injuries resulting from negligence, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance or health care liability on the part of any officer or employee of the corporation, or on the part of any optometrist in the course of rendering vision services to beneficiaries.
TN Code § 56-31-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-115. Financial and Statistical Records

 Every vision service plan corporation shall maintain adequate financial and statistical records in reasonable uniformity with accounting plans and statistical requirements of the annual statement blank required by the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-31-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-116. Annual Statement — Form — Filing Fee

 Every vision 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 conditions 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 fifteen dollars ($15.00).
TN Code § 56-31-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-117. Examination — Rehabilitation or Liquidation

 The commissioner has the same authority to examine vision service plan corporations as is granted to the commissioner for the examination of life and accident and health insurance companies, and has the same authority for the correction, rehabilitation or liquidation of vision service plan corporations as is now provided by law for life and health and accident companies.
TN Code § 56-31-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-118. Fees and Taxes

 Every vision service plan corporation, or its agents, subject to this chapter, is subject to the fees and taxes as prescribed for life and health and accident insurance companies and agents of the insurance companies doing business in this state. It is not the purpose of this chapter to discriminate in favor of the vision service plan corporations.
TN Code § 56-31-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-119. License Renewal — Agent's Certificate of Authority

 All licenses authorizing vision service plan corporations to transact business in this state shall be renewable on April 1 of each year, subject to the approval of the commissioner. The vision service plan corporations licensed to do business in this state under this chapter shall obtain from the commissioner a certificate of authority for every agent writing or soliciting vision service plan contracts for the corporation in this state, and the certificate shall be renewable January 1 of each year, subject to applicable sections of the insurance laws, including the revenue law of this state for life and health and accident insurance agents.
TN Code § 56-31-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 31 - Vision Service Plan Law|§ 56-31-120. Orders of Commissioner — Publication of Regulations — Subscription Contracts — Rates

 After the issuance of a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall be empowered to issue orders or to publish regulations necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter that the commissioner deems to be in the public interest. The published regulations of the commissioner shall have the effect of statute, and shall include, in particular, powers of regulating the form of subscription contracts and requirements of the contracts and prohibited provisions in the contracts, and all other matters requiring further definition or clarification within the requirements of this chapter. The commissioner has the authority to regulate rates as required by statutes now in force or hereinafter enacted by the general assembly.