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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":217117,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58336,"identifier":"38.2-4515","token":"38.2\/45\/38.2-4515","url":"\/38.2-4515\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4515\/","token":"38.2\/45\/38.2-4515","dublin_core":{"Title":"Geographical area","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each nonstock corporation<\/span> seeking to be licensed by the Commission<\/span> shall specify the geographical area it desires to serve and shall satisfy the Commission<\/span> that it is able to render the services of the plan<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may, after notice and hearing<\/span>, license more than one nonstock corporation<\/span> for the same geographical area unless the Commission<\/span> finds that the (i) nonstock corporation<\/span>’s proposed method of operation or manner of doing business is not satisfactory or (ii) licensing of more than one nonstock corporation<\/span> for the same geographical area will not promote the public welfare. If more than one nonstock corporation<\/span> is licensed in a geographical area, the nonstock corporations<\/span> in that area shall make arrangements among themselves to see that any claim filed with the wrong nonstock corporation<\/span> in that area be promptly forwarded to the proper nonstock corporation<\/span>, if it can be determined. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Subscription contracts<\/span> shall not be sold to persons<\/span> residing outside the area of the nonstock corporation<\/span> unless they are regularly employed within the area. The subscription contract<\/span> of a subscriber<\/span> who neither lives nor is employed within the area shall be cancelled by notice given in accordance with the terms of the subscription contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGEOGRAPHICAL AREA (\u00a7 38.2-4515)\n\nA. Each nonstock corporation seeking to be licensed by the Commission shall\nspecify the geographical area it desires to serve and shall satisfy the\nCommission that it is able to render the services of the plan.\n\nB. The Commission may, after notice and hearing, license more than one nonstock\ncorporation for the same geographical area unless the Commission finds that the\n(i) nonstock corporation’s proposed method of operation or manner of doing\nbusiness is not satisfactory or (ii) licensing of more than one nonstock\ncorporation for the same geographical area will not promote the public welfare.\nIf more than one nonstock corporation is licensed in a geographical area, the\nnonstock corporations in that area shall make arrangements among themselves to\nsee that any claim filed with the wrong nonstock corporation in that area be\npromptly forwarded to the proper nonstock corporation, if it can be determined.\n\nC. Subscription contracts shall not be sold to persons residing outside the area\nof the nonstock corporation unless they are regularly employed within the area.\nThe subscription contract of a subscriber who neither lives nor is employed\nwithin the area shall be cancelled by notice given in accordance with the terms\nof the subscription contract.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 682, \u00a7 38.1-904; 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}}