General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 176E Dental Service Corporations

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Incorporators; formation; articles of organization; certification - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - By-laws; contracts with hospital service or medical service corporations, governmental agencies or persons - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts for dental and surgical services; disapproval - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subscribers; qualifications; misrepresentation - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subscription certificate; issuance; contents - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts between corporation and dentist; disclosure of fees to patients - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual statement; verification; form; violations - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Financial statements; inclusion of electronic data processing equipment as asset - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Affairs of corporation; inspection and examination; access to books and records - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Investment of reserves; acquisition of real property; special contingent surplus; investment of other funds - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Salaries, compensation or emoluments - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disputes or controversies; submission to board; review - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Grounds for enjoining transaction of business; receivers - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Status; immunity; exemptions - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Operators of dental service plan - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payment of sums owed subscriber’s estate - Chapter 176E, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Enforcement - Chapter 176E, 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,...

Last modified: September 11, 2015