Chapter 176E

Section 1. In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of insurance. ''Covered dependent'', a dependent for whose dental care provision is made in a subscription certificate issued by a dental service corporation to a …

Section 10. The reserves of a dental service corporation shall be invested only in such securities as are permitted under chapter 175 for the investment of the reserves of insurance companies. A dental service corporation shall have the right to acquire and own real estate to be …

Section 11. Unless each such payment is first authorized by a vote of its board of directors, no dental service corporation shall pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any officer, trustee or director thereof, or any salary, compensation or emolument to any person amountin…

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between a dental service corporation and any participating dentist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirt…

Section 13. If the commissioner is satisfied, as to any dental service corporation, that (1) it has failed to comply with the provisions of its charter, or (2) it is being operated for profit, or (3) it is fraudulently conducted, or (4) its condition is such as to render its furt…

Section 14. Every dental service corporation is hereby declared to be a charitable corporation. No such corporation shall be liable for injuries resulting from negligence or malpractice on the part of any participating dentist, nor shall it be liable for the cost of dental servic…

Section 15. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, except a dental service corporation, to establish, maintain or operate a non-profit dental service plan; provided, however, that this chapter shall not render unlawful or affect any operation or ac…

Section 15A. A dental service corporation which, upon the death of a subscriber, owes the subscriber's estate an aggregate sum not exceeding two thousand dollars under any contract for dental and surgical services, may, at any time not less than sixty days after the subscriber's …

Section 16. The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by a bill in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the commissioner, the attorney general, or any district attorney.

Section 2. For the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a non-profit dental service plan, seven or more persons may form a dental service corporation. Such a corporation shall be formed in the manner prescribed in and subject to section nine of chapter one hundred a…

Section 3. The by-laws of a dental service corporation may contain any lawful provisions approved by the commissioner and shall provide that a majority of the incorporators or members of the corporation and a majority of the directors shall at all times be persons who are not pro…

Section 4. Any dental service corporation may enter into contracts with its subscribers and with participating dentists, for such dental and surgical services as may lawfully be rendered by them to the subscribers and to their dependents, and may pay for such services. The form o…

Section 5. Any person residing in the commonwealth shall have the right to become a subscriber of a dental service corporation if his qualifications meet those specified in the by-laws of such corporation, provided that such a corporation may, in its discretion, refuse to issue a…

Section 6. A subscription certificate shall be issued by a dental service corporation to each non-group subscriber. No subscription certificate shall be issued unless the commissioner shall have approved in writing the form of certificate nor unless it contains in substance the f…

Section 7. Every registered dentist shall have the right, on complying with such rules and regulations as the corporation may make, to enter into a written agreement with a dental service corporation, doing business in the city or town where the said dentist resides or has his us…

Section 8. Every dental service corporation shall annually on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the commissioner a statement verified by at least two of the principal officers of said corporation, showing its condition as of the thirty-first day of December …

Section 8A. In an account of its financial condition, a dental service corporation may include as an asset available for the payment of losses electronic data processing equipment, provided that the cost of such equipment at the time of acquisition is at least one hundred thousan…

Section 8B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to a dental service corporation governed by this chapter.

Section 8C. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to a dental service corporation governed by this chapter.

Section 9. The commissioner, or any deputy examiner or any other person designated by the commissioner, shall, at least once in three years, and whenever the commissioner deems it prudent, visit any dental service corporation and examine into its affairs. The commissioner shall h…