§ 38.2-4200 Applicability of chapter.
§ 38.2-4201 Definitions.
§ 38.2-4202 Hospital services plans.
§ 38.2-4203 Medical or surgical services plans.
§ 38.2-4204 Merger of nonstock corporations.
§ 38.2-4204.1 Commission approval of mergers of nonstock corporations operating prepaid hospital, medical and surgical services plans.
§ 38.2-4205 Dental and optometric services.
§ 38.2-4206 Nonstock corporation required.
§ 38.2-4207 Existing foreign nonstock corporation.
§ 38.2-4208 Nonstock corporation not required to act as agent.
§ 38.2-4209 Preferred provider subscription contracts.
§ 38.2-4209.1 Pharmacies; freedom of choice.
§ 38.2-4209.2 Repealed.
§ 38.2-4210 Liability of participants.
§ 38.2-4211 Change of participants.
§ 38.2-4212 Board of directors of nonstock corporation operating plan.
§ 38.2-4213 Liability of participating providers upon merger of nonstock corporation.
§ 38.2-4214 Application of certain provisions of law.
§ 38.2-4214.1 Rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation.
§ 38.2-4215 Payments by nonstock corporation.
§ 38.2-4216 Repealed.
§ 38.2-4216.1 Repealed.
§ 38.2-4217 Reports.
§ 38.2-4218 Subscriber to have free choice of medical practitioners available.
§ 38.2-4219 Subscriber to be advised in writing as to benefits and limitations thereon.
§ 38.2-4220 Interplan arrangements.
§ 38.2-4221 Services of certain practitioners other than physicians to be covered.
§ 38.2-4222 Licensing of nonstock corporations.
§ 38.2-4223 Renewal of license.
§ 38.2-4224 Licensing of agents.
§ 38.2-4225 Repealed.
§ 38.2-4226 Taxation.
§ 38.2-4227 Misleading applications or contracts.
§ 38.2-4228 Controversies involving subscription contracts.
§ 38.2-4229 Reinsurance.
§ 38.2-4229.1 Conversion to domestic mutual insurer.
§ 38.2-4229.2 Hearings and investigations on effect of other state’s law.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 38.2 > Chapter 42 > Article 1 - In General.

  • Accident and sickness insurance: means insurance against loss resulting from sickness, or from bodily injury or death by accident or accidental means, or from a combination of any or all of these perils. See Virginia Code 38.2-109
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract holder: means a person entering into a subscription contract with a nonstock corporation. See Virginia Code 38.2-4201
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Health services plan: means any arrangement for offering or administering health services or similar or related services by a corporation licensed under Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Virginia Code 1-257
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Medical or surgical services plan: means a health services plan for providing medical or surgical services or both, and similar or related services. See Virginia Code 38.2-4201
  • Medicare: means the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act" Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendment of 1965, as amended. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Nonstock corporation: means a foreign or domestic nonstock corporation which is subject to regulation and licensing under this chapter and which offers or administers subscription contracts to contract holders as part of a plan. See Virginia Code 38.2-4201
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • plan: means any arrangement for offering or administering health services or similar or related services by a nonstock corporation licensed under this chapter. See Virginia Code 38.2-4201
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • rates: means any rate of premium, policy fee, membership fee or any other charge made by an insurer for or in connection with a contract or policy of insurance. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • State: means any commonwealth, state, territory, district or insular possession of the United States. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Subscriber: means any person entitled to benefits under the terms and conditions of a subscription contract. See Virginia Code 38.2-4201
  • Subscription contract: means a written contract which is issued to a contract holder by a nonstock corporation and which provides health services or benefits for health services on a prepaid basis. See Virginia Code 38.2-4201