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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 668<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":218271,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55124,"identifier":"38.2-6109","token":"38.2\/61\/38.2-6109","url":"\/38.2-6109\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-6109\/","token":"38.2\/61\/38.2-6109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delivery of contract forms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-6109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The dental plan organization<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Shall provide a written dental benefit contract<\/span> to each group contract holder<\/span> within 15 days of acceptance of the group’s application by the dental plan organization<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Shall provide a written evidence of coverage<\/span> to each individual covered under a group dental benefit contract<\/span> within 15 days of acceptance of the group’s application by the dental plan organization<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Shall provide a written dental benefit contract<\/span> to each individual who applies for individual dental coverage within 15 days of acceptance of the individual’s application by the dental plan organization<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELIVERY OF CONTRACT FORMS (\u00a7 38.2-6109)\n\nThe dental plan organization:\n\n1. Shall provide a written dental benefit contract to each group contract holder\nwithin 15 days of acceptance of the group’s application by the dental plan\norganization;\n\n2. Shall provide a written evidence of coverage to each individual covered under\na group dental benefit contract within 15 days of acceptance of the\ngroup’s application by the dental plan organization; and\n\n3. Shall provide a written dental benefit contract to each individual who\napplies for individual dental coverage within 15 days of acceptance of the\nindividual’s application by the dental plan organization.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 668.","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}}