1999 Minnesota Statutes

     62G.04 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.  For the purpose of sections 62G.01 to 
 62G.25, the terms defined in this section have the meanings 
 given them. 

    Subd. 2.  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.

    Subd. 3.  "Legal service" means any professional service 
 rendered by, or under the direct supervision of, persons 
 licensed by the state to engage in the practice of law. 

    Subd. 4.  "Subscriber" means a person covered under a 
 subscriber contract for legal services to the extent therein 
 described. 

    Subd. 5.  "Provider" means an organization or person that 
 furnishes legal services. 

    Subd. 6.  "Legal service plan corporation" means a 
 nonprofit corporation which contracts for legal service or 
 payment therefor for subscribers pursuant to a legal service 
 plan, in exchange for periodic prepayments by or on behalf of 
 subscribers. 

    Subd. 7.  "Legal service plan" means a plan which provides 
 any method whereby a legal service plan corporation, for a 
 consideration, contracts for provision of legal service to 
 subscribers by providers who have entered legal service 
 agreements with the legal service plan corporation or which 
 provides for reimbursement to the subscriber for legal service 
 provided by providers who have not entered service agreements 
 with the legal service plan corporation. 

    Subd. 8.  "Legal service agreement" means an arrangement 
 between a legal service plan corporation and a provider under 
 which the provider agrees that when legal services are provided 
 to a subscriber the provider shall not make a direct charge 
 against the subscriber for those legal services or parts of 
 legal services which are covered by the subscribers contract, 
 but shall look to the legal service plan corporation for the 
 payment for covered legal services, to the extent they are 
 covered. 

    Subd. 9.  "Subscribers contract" means an arrangement 
 between a legal service plan corporation and its subscriber 
 establishing the terms and conditions under which legal service 
 is provided to the subscriber. 

    Subd. 10.  "Participating provider" means a provider who is 
 party to a legal service agreement with a legal service plan 
 corporation. 

    HIST: 1978 c 785 s 4; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 
 1 s 92; 1986 c 444