§ 38.2-4201 Definitions
As used in this chapter: “Contract holder” means a person entering into a subscription contract with a nonstock corporation. “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. “Health services plan” or “plan” means any arrangement for offering or administering health services or similar or related services by a nonstock corporation licensed under this chapter. “Hospital services plan” means a health services plan for providing hospital and similar or related services. “Medical or surgical services plan” means a health services plan for providing medical or surgical services or both, and similar or related services. “Subscriber” means any person entitled to benefits under the terms and conditions of a subscription contract. “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.
History
This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 562 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 185.
1986, c. 562; 1988, c. 185.