Tennessee § 56-31-107 - Participating optometrists — Right to become — Method of diagnosis and treatment unrestricted — Private optometrist-patient relationship — Maintenance.
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§ 56-31-107. Participating optometrists — Right to become — Method of diagnosis and treatment unrestricted — Private optometrist-patient relationship — Maintenance.
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. Acts 1969, ch. 118, § 8; T.C.A., § 56-3707.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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