Title 36, Title 36 — Insurance

Every participating dentist under contract with a dental service corporation created under this Article shall be a member of such corporation. Annually the members in person or by proxy shall meet to conduct the business of the corporation. At each such annual meeting, or at any …

A. Each dental service corporation shall annually, on or before the last day of March, file in the office of the Insurance Commissioner a full, true and complete statement of the condition of the corporation on December 31 of the preceding year in such form as shall be prescribed…

A dental service corporation shall not be liable for injuries resulting from negligence or malpractice on the part of any participating or other dentist or supplier of services to any subscriber. A participating dentist shall not be liable for any wrongful or negligent conduct by…

Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to alter the statutory relationship of dentist and patient which has heretofore been established. No dental service corporation shall in any way attempt to influence the subscriber in the free choice of a dentist other than to limit its ben…

The provisions of this Article shall govern and apply only to nonprofit dental service corporations. Such corporations shall be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state; provided, however, that Articles 1, 3, 12, 17, 18, and Section 1606 of Title 36, O…

Every corporation doing business pursuant to this Article is hereby declared to be a nonprofit, charitable and benevolent institution and to be exempt from state, county, district, municipal and school taxes, including the taxes prescribed by the Oklahoma Insurance Code, exceptin…

The private property of the subscribers, agents, officers, directors, members and employees of any corporation holding a certificate of authority under this Article shall be wholly exempt from any of the debts, obligations and liabilities of the corporation. Laws 1973, c. 104, § …

Nothing in this Article shall be construed to supersede the provisions of Sections 328.1 through 328.52 of Title 59, Oklahoma Statutes, or as the same may be hereafter amended. In the event of the conflict of any of the provisions of this Article with any of the above-cited secti…

Nonprofit charitable and benevolent corporations may hereafter be organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a nonprofit chiropractic service plan by complying with the provisions of this article, and shall be exem…

A. Each chiropractic service corporation shall annually, on or before the last day of March, file in the office of the Insurance Commissioner a full, true and complete statement of the condition of the corporation on December 31 of the preceding year in such form as shall be pres…

A chiropractic service corporation shall not be liable for injuries resulting from negligence or malpractice on the part of any participating or other chiropractor or supplier of services to any subscriber. A participating chiropractor shall not be liable for any wrongful or negl…

Nothing in this article shall be deemed to alter the statutory relationship of chiropractor and patient which has heretofore been established. No chiropractic service corporation shall in any way attempt to influence the subscriber in his free choice of a chiropractor other than …

The provisions of this article shall govern and apply only to nonprofit chiropractic service corporations. Such corporations shall be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state. Provided, that Articles 1, 3, 12, 17, 18, and Section 1606 of Title 36 of th…

Every corporation doing business pursuant to this article is hereby declared to be a nonprofit, charitable and benevolent institution and to be exempt from state, county, district, municipal and school taxes, including the taxes prescribed by the Oklahoma Insurance Code, exceptin…

The private property of the subscribers, agents, officers, directors, members and employees of any corporation holding a certificate of authority under this article shall be wholly exempt from any of the debts, obligations and liabilities of the corporation. Laws 1979, c. 71, § 1…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede the provisions of Sections 161 through 168 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes. In the event of the conflict of any of the provisions of this article with any of the above-cited sections, then such cited section shall take …

A chiropractic service corporation may issue contracts to its subscribers only when the Insurance Commissioner has, by certificate of authority, authorized it to do so. Application for such certificate of authority shall be made on forms supplied or approved by the Commissioner, …

The Insurance Commissioner shall certify such corporation by issuing a certificate of authority, authorizing the applicant to issue contracts to its subscribers, when it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that: 1. The applicant is established as a bona fide nonprofi…

A. Each corporation governed by this article shall at all times have on deposit with the Insurance Commissioner the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). In addition every such corporation shall deposit with the Commissioner, not later than each February 1, an amount equa…

A. A certified corporation may contract with any other person who is licensed and qualified for the purpose of providing chiropractic services to or for the subscribers but no certified corporation shall enter into an exclusive or preferential contract with any person. B. A certi…

On and after the effective date of this act, no contract providing for chiropractic service or indemnity shall be issued or delivered to any person in this state, nor shall any application, rider or endorsement be issued in connection therewith, until a copy of the form thereof a…

No chiropractic service corporation, and no director, trustee, officer, agent, employee, solicitor or other representative thereof shall pay, allow or give, or offer to pay, allow or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement of membership, any rebate of premiums or dues, pay…

The directors of a chiropractic service corporation shall at all times include representatives of: 1. Chiropractors licensed to practice in this state; and 2. The general public. Laws 1979, c. 71, § 8.

officers. Every participating chiropractor under contract with a chiropractic service corporation created under this article shall be a member of such corporation. Annually the members in person or by proxy shall meet to conduct the business of the corporation. At each such annua…

Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 38 of this act, whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, op…

A. A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules and ritual. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society to hold reg…

A society has a representative form of government when: 1. It has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways: a. Assembly. The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conve…

As used in this article: 1. "Benefit contract" means the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by Section 16 of this act, as that agreement is described in subsection A of Section 19 of this act; 2. "Benefit member" means an adult member who is designated by the laws or …

A. A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by: 1. Providing benefits as specified in Section 16 of this act; and 2. Operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious pur…

A. A society shall specify in its laws or rules: 1. Eligibility standards for each and every class of membership; provided, if benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership shall be set at not less than age fifteen (15) nor greater than age …

complaint procedures. A. The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in this state. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any state, district, province or territory wherein such society has at least one subordinate lodge. All business transac…

reimbursement - Insurance. A. The officers and members of the supreme governing body or any subordinate body of a society shall not be personally liable for any benefits provided by a society. B. Any person may be indemnified and reimbursed by any society for expenses reasonably …

The laws of the society may provide that no subordinate body, nor any of its subordinate officers or members, shall have the power or authority to waive any of the provisions of the laws of the society. Such provision shall be binding on the society and every member and beneficia…

A. A domestic society organized on or after the effective date of this act shall only be formed by ten or more citizens of the United States, a majority of whom are citizens of this state, who desire to form a fraternal benefit society and who may make, sign and acknowledge befor…

Amendments. A. A domestic society may amend its laws in accordance with the provisions thereof by action of its supreme governing body at any regular or special meeting thereof or, if its laws so provide, by referendum. The referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions…

A society may create, maintain and operate, or may establish organizations to operate, not for profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 5 of this act. Such institutions may furnish services free or at a reasonable charge. Any…

A. A domestic society may, by a reinsurance agreement, cede any individual risk or risks in whole or in part to an insurer, other than another fraternal benefit society, having the power to make such reinsurance and authorized to do business in this state, or if not so authorized…

A. A domestic society may consolidate or merge with any other society by complying with the provisions of this section. It shall file with the Insurance Commissioner: 1. A certified copy of the written contract containing in full the terms and conditions of the consolidation or m…

life insurance company or stock legal reserve life insurance company. A. Any domestic fraternal benefit society may be converted and licensed as a mutual life insurance company by compliance with all the requirements of the general insurance laws for mutual life insurance compani…

A. A society may provide the following contractual benefits in any form: 1. Death benefits; 2. Endowment benefits; 3. Annuity benefits; 4. Temporary or permanent disability benefits; 5. Hospital, medical or nursing benefits; 6. Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of dece…

A. The owner of a benefit contract shall have the right at all times to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with the laws or rules of the society unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevoc…

No money or other benefit, charity, relief or aid to be paid, provided or rendered by any society, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or…

A. Every society authorized to do business in this state shall issue to each owner of a benefit contract a certificate specifying the amount of benefits provided thereby. The certificate, together with any riders or endorsements attached thereto, the laws of the society, the appl…

Certificate loans or other options. A. For certificates issued prior to one (1) year after the effective date of this act, the value of every paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and the amount of any cash surrender value, loan or other option granted shall comply with the provisions of…

A society shall invest its funds only in such investments as are authorized by the laws of this state for the investment of assets of life insurers and subject to the limitations thereon. Any foreign or alien society permitted or seeking to do business in this state which invests…

A. All assets shall be held, invested and disbursed for the use and benefit of the society and no member or beneficiary shall have or acquire individual rights therein or become entitled to any apportionment on the surrender of any part thereof, except as provided in the benefit …

The provisions of this act apply only to fraternal benefit societies, and societies shall be governed by this act to the extent provided herein. Societies shall be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state except that the provisions of Article 1 (Scope …

Every society organized or licensed under this act is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds shall be exempt from all and every state, county, district, municipal and school tax other than taxes on real estate and office equipment. Add…

A. Standards of valuation for certificates issued prior to one (1) year after the effective date of this act shall be those provided by the laws applicable immediately prior to the effective date of this act. B. The minimum standards of valuation for certificates issued on or aft…

A. Reports shall be filed in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Every society transacting business in this state shall annually, on or before the first day of March, unless for cause shown such time has been extended by the Insurance Commissioner, file with the Commissi…