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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 654 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 1968 \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":[{"id":73856,"section_number":"38.2-4137","catch_line":"Exemption of member representatives of certain societies","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4137\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67482,"section_number":"38.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216633,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55877,"identifier":"38.2-4132","token":"38.2\/41\/6\/38.2-4132","url":"\/38.2-4132\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4132\/","token":"38.2\/41\/6\/38.2-4132","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensing of agents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4132","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Agents of societies shall be licensed as life and health agents in accordance with Chapter 18 (§ 38.2-1800<\/a> et seq.) of this title regulating the licensing, revocation<\/span>, suspension or termination of licenses of resident and nonresident agents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee or member of a licensed society<\/span> who devotes substantially all of his or her services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts<\/span> from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of such contracts no commission<\/span> or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSING OF AGENTS (\u00a7 38.2-4132)\n\nA. Agents of societies shall be licensed as life and health agents in accordance\nwith Chapter 18 (§ 38.2-1800 et seq.) of this title regulating the\nlicensing, revocation, suspension or termination of licenses of resident and\nnonresident agents.\n\nB. No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer,\nemployee or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his or\nher services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance\ncontracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of such\ncontracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount\nof business obtained.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 654, \u00a7 38.1-638.37; 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}}