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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 441 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":213559,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85859,"identifier":"38.2-2203","token":"38.2\/22\/38.2-2203","url":"\/38.2-2203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2203\/","token":"38.2\/22\/38.2-2203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy providing for reimbursement for services that may be performed by certain practitioners other than physicians","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any provision of any policy or <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> of bodily injury liability <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span>, when the policy or <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> provides for reimbursement for any service that may be legally performed by a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> licensed in this Commonwealth for the practice of chiropractic, reimbursement under the policy shall not be denied because the service is rendered by a licensed chiropractor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICY PROVIDING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES THAT MAY BE PERFORMED BY CERTAIN\nPRACTITIONERS OTHER THAN PHYSICIANS (\u00a7 38.2-2203)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of any policy or contract of bodily injury\nliability insurance, when the policy or contract provides for reimbursement for\nany service that may be legally performed by a person licensed in this\nCommonwealth for the practice of chiropractic, reimbursement under the policy\nshall not be denied because the service is rendered by a licensed chiropractor.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 441, \u00a7 38.1-380.3; 1986, c. 562.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}