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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71399</law_id><section_number>38.2-2803</section_number><catch_line>Directors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="28">Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">association</span> shall be governed by a board of 14 directors. Two directors shall be appointed by each of the following three <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> industry trade <span class="dictionary">associations</span>: (i) the American <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">Association</span>; (ii) the Property Casualty <span class="dictionary">Insurers</span> <span class="dictionary">Association</span> of America; and (iii) the National <span class="dictionary">Association</span> of Mutual <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> Companies. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall appoint two directors to represent <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> not affiliated with the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> industry trade <span class="dictionary">associations</span> listed above. One director shall be appointed by each of the following two agent trade <span class="dictionary">associations</span>: (a) the Independent <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> Agents of Virginia and (b) the Professional <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> Agents <span class="dictionary">Association</span> of Virginia and the District of Columbia. Two directors shall be appointed by the Medical Society of Virginia, and two directors shall be appointed by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare <span class="dictionary">Association</span>. <a id="paragraph-257419" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2803/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If any of the foregoing <span class="dictionary">associations</span> fail to appoint a director or directors within a reasonable period of time, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have the power to make the appointments. <a id="paragraph-257420" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2803/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 85, &#xA7; 38.1-777; 1986, c. 562; 2014, c. 198.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
