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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":217019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74551,"identifier":"38.2-4411","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4411","url":"\/38.2-4411\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4411\/","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4411","dublin_core":{"Title":"Subscriber to have free choice of participating providers available","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4411","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">legal services organization<\/span> shall organize and operate a <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> in a manner that assures that any <span class=\"dictionary\">subscriber<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> shall have free choice of the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">participating providers<\/span><\/span> available and participating in the <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBSCRIBER TO HAVE FREE CHOICE OF PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS AVAILABLE (\u00a7\n38.2-4411)\n\nA legal services organization shall organize and operate a plan in a manner that\nassures that any subscriber to the plan shall have free choice of the\nparticipating providers available and participating in the plan.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 658, \u00a7 38.1-800; 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}}