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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59395</law_id><section_number>38.2-4133</section_number><catch_line>Unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices</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="41">Fraternal Benefit Societies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Regulation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">society</span> authorized to do business in this Commonwealth shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Declaration of purpose" href="/38.2-500/">38.2-500</a> et seq.) of this title. However, nothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any <span class="dictionary">society</span> to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> eligible for membership in the <span class="dictionary">society</span> by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>.</p></section></text><history>1968, c. 654, &#xA7; 38.1-638.60; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
