§ 56-31-107. Participating optometrists -- Right to become -- Method of diagnosis and treatment unrestricted -- Private optometrist-patient relationship -- Maintenance.

TN Code § 56-31-107 (2019) (N/A)
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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.