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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 682 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 1980 \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 1997, chapter 801<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59918,"section_number":"38.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-100\/"},{"id":57145,"section_number":"38.2-1401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1401\/"},{"id":67719,"section_number":"38.2-1445","catch_line":"Separate accounts deemed Category 1 investments","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1445\/"},{"id":67482,"section_number":"38.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1800\/"},{"id":66056,"section_number":"38.2-203","catch_line":"Management and exclusive agency contracts subject to approval by Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-203\/"},{"id":82480,"section_number":"38.2-2201","catch_line":"Provisions for payment of medical expense and loss of income benefits; assignment of certain benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2201\/"},{"id":68442,"section_number":"38.2-3407.12","catch_line":"Patient optional point-of-service benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3407.12\/"},{"id":76670,"section_number":"38.2-3551","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3551\/"},{"id":79956,"section_number":"38.2-501","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-501\/"},{"id":68244,"section_number":"38.2-5500","catch_line":"Applicability","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5500\/"},{"id":67232,"section_number":"38.2-5501","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5501\/"},{"id":67266,"section_number":"38.2-5509","catch_line":"Supplemental provisions; rules; exemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5509\/"},{"id":77304,"section_number":"38.2-5800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5800\/"},{"id":64894,"section_number":"38.2-5801","catch_line":"General provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5801\/"},{"id":64365,"section_number":"38.2-6100","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-6100\/"},{"id":71560,"section_number":"8.01-27.5","catch_line":"Duty of in-network providers to submit claims to health insurers; liability of covered patients for unbilled health care services","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-27.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":217053,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59325,"identifier":"38.2-4500","token":"38.2\/45\/38.2-4500","url":"\/38.2-4500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4500\/","token":"38.2\/45\/38.2-4500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided by law<\/span>, no arrangement for furnishing prepaid dental services or prepaid optometric services shall be organized, conducted or offered in this Commonwealth other than in the manner set forth in this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing contained in this chapter prohibits any dentist or optometrist individually, in partnership with other dentists or optometrists, or as part of a professional corporation of dentists or optometrists from entering into agreements directly with his own patients, or with a parent, guardian, conservator, spouse or other family member acting in a patient’s behalf, involving payment for professional services to be rendered or made available in the future. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 38.2-4500)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided by law, no arrangement for furnishing prepaid\ndental services or prepaid optometric services shall be organized, conducted or\noffered in this Commonwealth other than in the manner set forth in this chapter.\n\nB. Nothing contained in this chapter prohibits any dentist or optometrist\nindividually, in partnership with other dentists or optometrists, or as part of\na professional corporation of dentists or optometrists from entering into\nagreements directly with his own patients, or with a parent, guardian,\nconservator, spouse or other family member acting in a patient’s behalf,\ninvolving payment for professional services to be rendered or made available in\nthe future.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 682, \u00a7 38.1-894; 1986, c. 562; 1997, c. 801.","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}}