Missouri Laws 354.700 – Definitions
As used in sections 354.700 to 354.723, the following terms mean:
(1) “Dental care services”, services included in the practice of dentistry as defined in section 332.071;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 354.700
- 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.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Director”, the director of the department of commerce and insurance;
(3) “Enrollee”, an individual who is enrolled in a prepaid dental plan as a principal subscriber together with such individual’s dependents who are entitled to dental care benefits under the plan solely because of their status as dependents of the principal subscriber;
(4) “Prepaid dental plan”, any contractual arrangement to provide, either directly or through arrangement with others, specified dental benefits to enrollees on a fixed prepayment basis or as a benefit of such enrollees’ participation or membership in any other contract, agreement, or group or any corporation, partnership or other entity which undertakes to provide or arrange specified dental benefits on a prepayment or other basis or to indemnify for specified dental benefits;
(5) “Prepaid dental plan corporation”, a corporation operating a prepaid dental plan;
(6) “Provider”, any person licensed as a dentist pursuant to chapter 332.