{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-30-108","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-30-108","heading":"Right to become participating dentists - Method of diagnosis and treatment unrestricted - Private dentist-patient relationship","body":"(a) Every dentist licensed to practice in this state under title 63, chapter 5, has the right to become a participating dentist in the dental service plan corporation operating in the county in which the dentist resides or practices. A dental service plan corporation shall impose no restrictions on the dentists who treat its subscribers as to methods of diagnosis or treatment. The private dentist-patient relationship shall be maintained, and a subscriber shall at all times have free choice of any dentist who is a participating dentist in the corporation and who agrees to accept a particular beneficiary as a patient.\n(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a dental service plan corporation may limit participation in a plan that is providing or managing dental benefits for the impoverished uninsured on behalf of, or as required by, any governmental entity.","path":["TN Code","Title 56","Chapter 30"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"d8774f7a2d4883d16cf14c1f5b4e448b18cf3113a6d920a1b4b86fd39cda510e","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-30-107","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-30-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}