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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 1982, chapter 387; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55684,"section_number":"13.1-675","catch_line":"Number and election of directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-675\/"},{"id":56717,"section_number":"13.1-855","catch_line":"Number and election of directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-855\/"},{"id":72704,"section_number":"38.2-4403","catch_line":"The Virginia State Bar may sponsor plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216991,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68956,"identifier":"38.2-4406","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4406","url":"\/38.2-4406\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4406\/","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4406","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of directors of corporation operating plan","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4406","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Number and election of directors\" href=\"\/13.1-675\/\">13.1-675<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Number and election of directors\" href=\"\/13.1-855\/\">13.1-855<\/a>, any corporation that operates any <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall have a board of directors consisting of no more than fifteen members of whom a majority shall be <span class=\"dictionary\">subscribers<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> who are not providers of legal services and not employees or officers of any <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span>. 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This section does not apply to a plan\noperated by a group of attorneys except as provided in \u00a7 38.2-4403.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 658, \u00a7 38.1-796; 1982, c. 387; 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}}