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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 562 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 1986 \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 2007, chapter 157<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73342,"section_number":"38.2-1348","catch_line":"License requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1348\/"},{"id":84337,"section_number":"38.2-1359","catch_line":"Licensure","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1359\/"},{"id":60216,"section_number":"38.2-1819","catch_line":"Application for license; fee required; fingerprints","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1819\/"},{"id":70166,"section_number":"38.2-1838","catch_line":"License required of consultants; fingerprinting","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1838\/"},{"id":76889,"section_number":"38.2-1845.2","catch_line":"License required of resident public adjusters","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1845.2\/"},{"id":55063,"section_number":"38.2-1857.2","catch_line":"Applications for surplus lines broker license; fee required; fingerprinting","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1857.2\/"},{"id":71463,"section_number":"38.2-1865.1","catch_line":"License required for viatical settlement brokers; Commission's authority; conditions; renewal application and fee; reinstatement; waiver; fingerprinting","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1865.1\/"},{"id":82100,"section_number":"38.2-3466","catch_line":"License required to provide pharmacy benefits management services; requirements for a license, renewal, and revocation or suspension; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3466\/"},{"id":60078,"section_number":"38.2-4408","catch_line":"Application of certain provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4408\/"},{"id":84818,"section_number":"38.2-4812","catch_line":"Surplus lines insurers subject to Unlicensed Insurers Process","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4812\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":218479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54065,"identifier":"38.2-800","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-800","url":"\/38.2-800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-800\/","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of this article, “insurer<\/span>” includes health services plans<\/span>, health maintenance organizations, legal services plans, dental or optometric services plans, and unlicensed insurers<\/span> approved by the Commission<\/span> to issue<\/span> surplus lines coverage as respectively provided for in Chapters 42, 43, 44, 45, and 48 of this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITION (\u00a7 38.2-800)\n\nFor the purposes of this article, “insurer” includes health services\nplans, health maintenance organizations, legal services plans, dental or\noptometric services plans, and unlicensed insurers approved by the Commission to\nissue surplus lines coverage as respectively provided for in Chapters 42, 43,\n44, 45, and 48 of this title.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 562; 2007, c. 157.","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}}