SDCL § 58-39-16: Exemption from other insurance laws, exceptions--Fees and taxation as insurers.

Any dental service corporation is exempt from all provisions of the insurance laws of this state other than this chapter. However, the corporation is subject to the provisions of this title on matters of hearings, appeals, mergers, dissolutions, licensure of insurance producers, and procedures on such matters. The corporation is also subject to fees and taxation as insurers covered by this title, and to chapter 58-33.