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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73864</law_id><section_number>38.2-4235</section_number><catch_line>Confidential treatment of information and documents</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="42">Health Services Plans</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Holding Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All information, documents and copies obtained by or disclosed to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Examinations" href="/38.2-4234/">38.2-4234</a>, and all information reported pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Registration of nonstock corporations that are members of holding company system" href="/38.2-4231/">38.2-4231</a>, shall be confidential, shall not be subject to <span class="dictionary">subpoena</span>, and shall not be made public by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> without the prior written consent of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> to which they pertain. However, this provision shall not apply to information disclosed to (i) a regulatory official of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> or country; (ii) the National Association of <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span>, its <span class="dictionary">affiliate</span> or its subsidiary; or (iii) a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement authority of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> or country. Any such disclosure by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not constitute a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> of confidentiality of such information. After the licensed <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> and its <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span> have been given notice and opportunity to be heard, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may publish all or any part of the information and <span class="dictionary">materials</span> referred to in this section in any manner it considers appropriate, if it determines that the interests of <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> or the public will be served by the publication.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 606; 2001, c. 519.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
