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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78890</law_id><section_number>38.2-4200</section_number><catch_line>Applicability of chapter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-276.3</reference><reference>32.1-373</reference><reference>32.1-374</reference><reference>38.2-100</reference><reference>38.2-1401</reference><reference>38.2-1445</reference><reference>38.2-1837</reference><reference>38.2-203</reference><reference>38.2-3406.2</reference><reference>38.2-3407.12</reference><reference>38.2-3407.6</reference><reference>38.2-3419</reference><reference>38.2-3509</reference><reference>38.2-3551</reference><reference>38.2-4319</reference><reference>38.2-501</reference><reference>38.2-5500</reference><reference>38.2-5501</reference><reference>38.2-5801</reference><reference>38.2-6100</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="42">Health Services Plans</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, no <span class="dictionary">plan</span> shall be organized, conducted or offered in this Commonwealth other than in the manner set forth in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-282555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4200/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit any physician (i) as an individual, (ii) in partnership with other physicians, or (iii) as part of a professional corporation of physicians, from entering into agreements directly with his own patients, or with a parent, guardian, conservator, spouse or other family member acting in a patient&#x2019;s behalf, involving payment for professional services to be rendered or made available in the future. <a id="paragraph-282556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4200/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 721, &#xA7; 38.1-813.1; 1980, c. 682; 1986, c. 562; 1997, c. 801.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
