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A contract so signed shall be binding on the principals and not on the agent.B\n\nActions for breach of these contracts may be brought against the principals by naming the agent as the sole defendant. A judgment in favor of the plaintiff may be satisfied out of the assets of the nonstock corporation or out of the assets of each of the principals.C\n\nEach participant shall be liable for his own torts and not for the torts of any other participant or of the agent.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238034,"text":"All hospitals, persons, nonstock corporations, and physicians participating in a plan shall be jointly and severally liable on all contracts made for the purposes of the plan by the nonstock corporation as agent for them. Each contract may be executed and signed by their agent on their behalf. 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It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 268; in 1972, chapter 429; in 1979, chapter 721; in 1980, chapter 682; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61631,"section_number":"38.2-4208","catch_line":"Nonstock corporation not required to act as agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4208\/"},{"id":57906,"section_number":"38.2-4213","catch_line":"Liability of participating providers upon merger of nonstock corporation","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4213\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":216713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65462,"identifier":"38.2-4210","token":"38.2\/42\/1\/38.2-4210","url":"\/38.2-4210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4210\/","token":"38.2\/42\/1\/38.2-4210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability of participants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> All hospitals, <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporations<\/span>, and physicians participating in a <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> shall be jointly and severally liable on all <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> made for the purposes of the <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> by the <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporation<\/span> as agent for them. Each <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> may be executed and signed by their agent on their behalf. A <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> so signed shall be binding on the principals and not on the agent. <a id=\"paragraph-238034\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4210\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Actions for breach of these <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> may be brought against the principals by naming the agent as the sole <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span>. A <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> in favor of the <span class=\"dictionary\">plaintiff<\/span> may be satisfied out of the <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">nonstock corporation<\/span> or out of the <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> of each of the principals. <a id=\"paragraph-238035\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4210\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Each participant shall be liable for his own <span class=\"dictionary\">torts<\/span> and not for the <span class=\"dictionary\">torts<\/span> of any other participant or of the agent. <a id=\"paragraph-238036\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4210\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY OF PARTICIPANTS (\u00a7 38.2-4210)\n\nA. All hospitals, persons, nonstock corporations, and physicians participating\nin a plan shall be jointly and severally liable on all contracts made for the\npurposes of the plan by the nonstock corporation as agent for them. Each\ncontract may be executed and signed by their agent on their behalf. A contract\nso signed shall be binding on the principals and not on the agent.\n\nB. Actions for breach of these contracts may be brought against the principals\nby naming the agent as the sole defendant. A judgment in favor of the plaintiff\nmay be satisfied out of the assets of the nonstock corporation or out of the\nassets of each of the principals.\n\nC. Each participant shall be liable for his own torts and not for the torts of\nany other participant or of the agent.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-195.4; 1956, c. 268, \u00a7 38.1-814; 1972, c. 429; 1979,\nc. 721; 1980, c. 682; 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}}