2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans
Section 354.700 Definitions.
Effective 28 Aug 1992
Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354354.700. Definitions. — As used in sections 354.700 to 354.723, the following terms mean:
(1) "Dental care services", services included in the practice of dentistry as defined in section 332.071;
(2) "Director", the director of the department of insurance, financial institutions and professional registration;
(3) "Enrollee", an individual who is enrolled in a prepaid dental plan as a principal subscriber together with such individual's dependents who are entitled to dental care benefits under the plan solely because of their status as dependents of the principal subscriber;
(4) "Prepaid dental plan", any contractual arrangement to provide, either directly or through arrangement with others, specified dental benefits to enrollees on a fixed prepayment basis or as a benefit of such enrollees' participation or membership in any other contract, agreement, or group or any corporation, partnership or other entity which undertakes to provide or arrange specified dental benefits on a prepayment or other basis or to indemnify for specified dental benefits;
(5) "Prepaid dental plan corporation", a corporation operating a prepaid dental plan;
(6) "Provider", any person licensed as a dentist pursuant to chapter 332.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 272 § 1, A.L. 1992 S.B. 698)
