§ 56-30-122 — Suspension or cancellation of license - Withdrawal of approval of documents - Revocation and amendment of certificate, order, authority or consent

(a) The commissioner has the authority to suspend or cancel the license of any dental service plan corporation or any agent for violation of this chapter or violation of the insurance laws that may apply and are not in conflict with this chapter, after proper legal notice and a hearing, which action of the commissioner shall be subject to judicial review. The commissioner has the authority, after the issuance of a certificate of authority, to withdraw approval, previously granted, of any document required to be filed with the department under any section of this chapter. In addition, the commissioner has the authority to require a dental service plan corporation to solicit in a manner required by agents' licensing laws, and to fulfill contracts approved by the commissioner, to utilize soliciting methods provided by this chapter, or by other insurance laws, and to comply with all other orders and regulations of the commissioner. (b) The commissioner has the power and authority to revoke and amend, after reasonable notice and hearing, any certificate, order, authority or consent made by the commissioner to a dental service plan corporation, and may also cancel or suspend the authority of the corporation to transact business in any particular county or counties or area, if the commissioner finds that less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the eligible licensed dentists practicing in that county are participating dentists and that less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the dentists duly licensed to practice in this state under title 63, chapter 5, have agreed to render dental services for corporations organized or to be organized pursuant to this chapter.

Legislative History

Acts 1961, ch. 340, § 21; 1965, ch. 309, § 4; T.C.A., § 56-3522; Acts 1989, ch. 152, § 4.