{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-31-107","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-31-107","heading":"Participating optometrists - Right to become - Method of diagnosis and treatment unrestricted - Private optometrist-patient relationship - Maintenance","body":"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 to methods of diagnosis or treatment. The private optometrist-patient relationship shall be maintained, and a subscriber shall at all times have free choice of any optometrist who is a participating optometrist in the corporation and who agrees to accept a particular beneficiary as a patient.","path":["TN Code","Title 56","Chapter 31"],"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":"033d842058fd09b04b900e1b62f3119a17ce3c07b3cf0625ccd0c9b755f92035","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-31-106","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-31-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}