56-32-114 - Licensing of agents.
56-32-114. Licensing of agents.
(a) The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessary to provide for the licensing of agents. Agent means a person who is appointed or employed by an HMO and who engages in solicitation or membership in the organization. Agent does not include a person enrolling members on behalf of an employer, union or other organization to whom a master subscriber contract has been issued.
(b) The commissioner may by rule exempt certain classes of persons from the requirement of obtaining a license, if other existing licensing procedures make a separate HMO agent's license unnecessary.
[Acts 1986, ch. 713, § 14; T.C.A. § 56-32-214.]