Section 3923.62 - Disclosing determination of usual and customary fee for dental benefits(A) Each insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews individual or group sickness and accident insurance policies providing dental benefits, and that bases payment for those benefits on a usual and customary fee charged by dentists, and each administrator of a self-insured dental plan that bases payment for dental benefits on a usual and customary fee charged by dentists, shall disclose all of the following in accordance with division (B) of this section: (1) The frequency of the determination of the usual and customary fee;(2) A general description of the methodology used to determine usual and customary fees;(3) The geographic area used to determine usual and customary fees;(4) If the usual and customary fee for a service is determined by taking a sample of fees submitted on actual claims from dentists and then selecting a percentile of those fees, the percentile that is used by the insurer.(B) The insurer or administrator shall disclose the information described in division (A) of this section to a policyholder, certificate holder, or participant of a self-insured plan, if requested by the policyholder, certificate holder, or participant. The disclosure shall be made within thirty days after the insurer or administrator receives the request from the policyholder, certificate holder, or participant.(C) A violation of this section is an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code.(D) As used in this section, "administrator" means a person who is licensed under Chapter 3959. of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 10/12/1994 .