General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 176F Optometric Service Corporations
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 176F, Section 1
In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: “Commissioner”, the commissioner of insurance. “Covered dependent”, a dependent for whose optometric care provision...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Incorporators; formation; articles of organization; certification - Chapter 176F, Section 2
For the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a non-profit optometric service plan, seven or more persons may form an optometric service corporation. Such a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - By-laws; rules and regulations; contracts with governmental agencies - Chapter 176F, Section 3
The by-laws of an optometric service corporation may contain any lawful provisions approved by the commissioner and shall provide that a majority of the directors...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts with subscribers and participating optometrists - Chapter 176F, Section 4
Any optometric service corporation may enter into contracts with its subscribers and with participating optometrists for the rendering of optometric service to the subscribers. A...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts with insurance companies - Chapter 176F, Section 4A
An optometric service corporation may enter into contracts with any company authorized to write accident and health policies in the commonwealth pursuant to sections one...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Subscribers; qualifications; cancellation of subscription - Chapter 176F, Section 5
Any person residing in the commonwealth shall have the right to become a subscriber of an optometric service corporation if his qualifications meet those specified...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Subscription certificate; issuance; contents - Chapter 176F, Section 6
A subscription certificate shall be issued to each subscriber of an optometric service corporation. Any agreement between an optometric service corporation and a group of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts between corporation and optometrist; protection of optometrist-patient relation; rights of subscribers; termination of contract - Chapter 176F, Section 7
Every registered optometrist 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 - Chapter 176F, Section 8
Every optometric 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 - Affairs of corporation; examination; access to information - Chapter 176F, 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 funds; acquisition of realty; special contingent surplus - Chapter 176F, Section 10
The funds of an optometric service corporation shall be invested only in such securities as are permitted by chapter one hundred and seventy-five for the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salaries, compensation or emoluments - Chapter 176F, Section 11
Unless each such payment is first authorized by a vote of its board of directors, no optometric service corporation shall pay any salary, compensation or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disputes or controversies; submission to board; review of board’s decision - Chapter 176F, Section 12
Any dispute or controversy arising between an optometric service corporation and any participating optometrist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Enjoining transaction of business; grounds; receivers - Chapter 176F, Section 13
If the commissioner is satisfied, as to any optometric service corporation, that (1) it has failed to comply with the provisions of its charter, or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Status of corporation; immunity and exemptions - Chapter 176F, Section 14
Every optometric service corporation is hereby declared to be a charitable corporation. No such corporation shall be liable for injuries resulting from negligence or malpractice...
Last modified: September 11, 2015