Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 176e - Dental Service Corporations
Section 12 - Disputes or Controversies; Submission to Board; Review

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between a dental service corporation and any participating dentist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirty days after such dispute or controversy arises be submitted by any person aggrieved to a board serving in the division of insurance and consisting of the commissioner or a person designated by him, the chairman of the board of dental examiners or any person designated by him, and the attorney general or a person designated by him, for its decision with respect thereto. Such an appeal to said board shall be conducted as an adjudicatory proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of chapter thirty A. All decisions and orders of the board or of the commissioner made under any provision of this chapter may be revised as justice and equity may require upon a petition in equity filed in the superior court within and for the county of Suffolk by any party aggrieved by such decision or order. Such proceedings in equity for judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with section fourteen of chapter thirty A.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XXII - Corporations

Chapter 176e - Dental Service Corporations

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Incorporators; Formation; Articles of Organization; Certification

Section 3 - By-Laws; Contracts With Hospital Service or Medical Service Corporations, Governmental Agencies or Persons

Section 4 - Contracts for Dental and Surgical Services; Disapproval

Section 5 - Subscribers; Qualifications; Misrepresentation

Section 6 - Subscription Certificate; Issuance; Contents

Section 7 - Contracts Between Corporation and Dentist; Disclosure of Fees to Patients

Section 8 - Annual Statement; Verification; Form; Violations

Section 8a - Financial Statements; Inclusion of Electronic Data Processing Equipment as Asset

Section 8b - Applicability of Chapter 176v to Dental Service Corporations Governed by This Chapter

Section 8c - Applicability of Chapter 176w to Dental Service Corporations Governed by This Chapter

Section 9 - Affairs of Corporation; Inspection and Examination; Access to Books and Records; Confidentiality and Privilege

Section 10 - Investment of Reserves; Acquisition of Real Property; Special Contingent Surplus; Investment of Other Funds

Section 11 - Salaries, Compensation or Emoluments

Section 12 - Disputes or Controversies; Submission to Board; Review

Section 13 - Grounds for Enjoining Transaction of Business; Receivers

Section 14 - Status; Immunity; Exemptions

Section 15 - Operators of Dental Service Plan

Section 15a - Payment of Sums Owed Subscriber's Estate

Section 16 - Enforcement