Any dispute or controversy arising between a vision service plan corporation and any participating optometrist, or any optometrist desiring to become a participating optometrist, or any subscriber, or any other person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled, or to whom the corporation has refused to issue a certificate, may, within thirty (30) days after the dispute or controversy arises, be appealed to the commissioner, by the person allegedly aggrieved, or a person or persons designated by that person. After proper notice and hearing, the commissioner shall make a finding, which shall be binding on any vision service plan corporation or agent of the corporation, subject to judicial review.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-31-129
Settlement of dispute or controversy by commissioner — Review of decision
Known as the Vision Service Plan Law
The act spans §§ 56-31-101–56-31-131 (31 sections).
Acts 1969, ch. 118, § 29; T.C.A., § 56-3729.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.