§ 56-31-120. Orders of Commissioner — Publication of Regulations — Subscription Contracts — Rates
After the issuance of a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall be empowered to issue orders or to publish regulations necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter that the commissioner deems to be in the public interest. The published regulations of the commissioner shall have the effect of statute, and shall include, in particular, […]
§ 56-31-110. Application for License — Form — Accompanying Documents — Filing Fee
Applications for licenses shall be made on forms approved by the commissioner, containing information that the commissioner deems necessary. Every application for a license shall be accompanied by copies of the following documents: A certified copy of its charter or certificate of incorporation; A copy of its bylaws certified by the secretary and the president […]
§ 56-31-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Vision Service Plan Law.”
§ 56-31-102. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Beneficiary” means a person designated in the subscription certificate referred to in subdivision (8) as entitled to the vision services referred to in subdivision (8); “Commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce and insurance; “Covered dependent” means the spouse and adult dependent or child of a […]
§ 56-31-103. Nonprofit Vision Service Corporation — Creation
Five (5) or more optometrists duly licensed to practice under the laws of this state may associate themselves by written articles of association for the incorporation of a nonprofit vision service corporation. A majority of the directors of each nonprofit vision service corporation must at all times be optometrists duly licensed to practice under the […]
§ 56-31-104. Articles of Incorporation — Approval by Commissioner
The articles of incorporation of the corporation, or amendments to the articles, shall be submitted to the commissioner and shall be subject to the commissioner’s approval, which shall be endorsed on the articles, before filing with the secretary of state.
§ 56-31-105. Board of Directors
A vision service plan corporation shall consist of a board of directors of such number, grouped in such reasonable classes, as the bylaws of the corporation, as approved by the commissioner, provide.
§ 56-31-106. Restrictions on Right to Establish and Operate Plan
It is unlawful for any person except a vision service plan corporation, incorporated in accordance with this chapter, and operating in accordance with authority from the commissioner, or a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 27, 28, 29, or 30 of this title, or an insurance company properly qualified in this state to write accident, health […]
§ 56-31-107. Participating Optometrists — Right to Become — Method of Diagnosis and Treatment Unrestricted — Private Optometrist-Patient Relationship — Maintenance
Every optometrist licensed to practice in this state under title 63, chapter 8, has the right to become a participating optometrist in the vision service plan corporation operating in the county in which the optometrist resides or practices. A vision service plan corporation shall impose no restrictions on the optometrists who treat its subscribers as […]
§ 56-31-108. Agreements With Participating Optometrists
A vision service plan corporation may enter into agreements with optometrists qualified as set out in this chapter, under the terms of which the optometrists may become participating optometrists in a plan operated by the corporation, and may make payments to the optometrists that have accrued to them by reason of services performed by them […]