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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 658 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1986, chapter 562; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0224\">224<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":216987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65331,"identifier":"38.2-4405","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4405","url":"\/38.2-4405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4405\/","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Change of participating providers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">participating provider<\/span> may resign from a <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> at any time but will continue to be liable on each <span class=\"dictionary\">subscription contract<\/span> while effective. However, this liability shall not extend beyond the end of each such <span class=\"dictionary\">subscription contract<\/span>&#8217;s current contract year. <a id=\"paragraph-237560\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4405\/#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> <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">Participating providers<\/span><\/span> may be admitted to a <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> at any time and will then automatically become liable on all its outstanding <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-237561\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4405\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHANGE OF PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS (\u00a7 38.2-4405)\n\nA. Any participating provider may resign from a plan at any time but will\ncontinue to be liable on each subscription contract while effective. However,\nthis liability shall not extend beyond the end of each such subscription\ncontract&#8217;s current contract year.\n\nB. Participating providers may be admitted to a plan at any time and will then\nautomatically become liable on all its outstanding contracts.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 658, \u00a7 38.1-795; 1986, c. 562; 1994, c. 224.","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}}