TITLE 27

Insurance

CHAPTER 27-20.1

Nonprofit Dental Service Corporations

SECTION 27-20.1-3



   § 27-20.1-3  Contracts. –

(a) Each nonprofit dental service corporation may contract with its subscribers

for a dental service as may be provided under any nonprofit dental service plan

adopted by the corporation.



   (b) The rates charged by the nonprofit dental service

corporation to its subscribers shall be consistent with the proper conduct of

its business and the interests of the public and shall at all times be subject

to the approval of the director of business regulation.



   (c) Nothing contained in this chapter or in any nonprofit

dental service plan shall affect the ordinary professional relationship between

the person rendering dental 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 dental services rendered pursuant to a nonprofit

dental service plan shall be maintained against the nonprofit dental service

corporation operating the plan.



   (d) No contract between a nonprofit dental service

corporation and a dentist for the provisions of services to patients may

require that the dentist indemnify or hold harmless the nonprofit dental

service corporation for any expenses and liabilities, including without

limitation, judgments, settlements, attorneys' fee, court costs, and any

associated charges, incurred in connection with any claim or action brought

against the nonprofit dental service corporation based on the nonprofit dental

service corporation's management decisions, or utilization review provisions

for any patient.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1959, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 481, § 4.)