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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76897</law_id><section_number>38.2-4201</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-352</reference><reference>38.2-4202</reference><reference>38.2-4203</reference><reference>58.1-2501</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><p>As used in this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Contract holder</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> entering into a <span class="dictionary">subscription contract</span> with a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Nonstock corporation</span>&#x201D; means a foreign or domestic <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> which is subject to regulation and licensing under this chapter and which offers or administers <span class="dictionary">subscription contracts</span> to <span class="dictionary">contract holders</span> as part of a plan.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Health services plan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;plan&#x201D; means any arrangement for offering or administering health services or similar or related services by a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> licensed under this chapter.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Hospital services plan</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">health services plan</span> for providing hospital and similar or related services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Medical or surgical services plan</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">health services plan</span> for providing medical or surgical services or both, and similar or related services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subscriber</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">person</span> entitled to benefits under the terms and conditions of a <span class="dictionary">subscription contract</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Subscription contract</span>&#x201D; means a written contract which is issued to a <span class="dictionary">contract holder</span> by a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> and which provides health services or benefits for health services on a prepaid basis.</p></section></text><history>1986, c. 562; 1988, c. 185.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
