Tennessee Code 56-31-124 – Subscription contracts – Right to enter – Rates – Professional relationship
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-31-124
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-31-102
- 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.
- 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. See Tennessee Code 56-31-102
- Nonprofit vision service plan: means a plan whereby specified vision service is provided by a nonprofit vision service corporation to subscribers to the plan. See Tennessee Code 56-31-102
- Person: includes a natural person, a corporation, an association, a common-law trust or corporation. See Tennessee Code 56-31-102
- 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. See Tennessee Code 56-31-102
- Vision service: means the usual and general professional services rendered by persons duly licensed under the laws of this state to practice optometry. See Tennessee Code 56-31-102
Each nonprofit vision service corporation may contract with its subscribers for vision services that may be from time to time provided under the nonprofit vision service plan adopted by the corporation. The rates charged by the nonprofit vision service corporation to its subscribers shall be consistent with the proper conduct of its business and the interest of the public and shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner. Nothing contained in this chapter or in any nonprofit vision service plan shall affect the ordinary professional relationship between the person rendering vision services under the plan and the subscriber to whom the services are rendered, and no action based upon or arising out of the relationship or relating to vision services rendered pursuant to a nonprofit vision service plan shall be maintained against the nonprofit vision service corporation operating the plan.