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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67200</law_id><section_number>38.2-4400</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>38.2-100</reference><reference>38.2-203</reference><reference>38.2-501</reference><reference>38.2-508</reference><reference>58.1-2501</reference><reference>59.1-441.1</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="44">Legal Services Plans</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 an organization;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fee discount</span>&#x201D; means predetermined amounts or reduced <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> which are not substantially below the usual charge by the same attorney for those services, but not less than 70 percent of the <span class="dictionary">rate</span> usually charged non-participants for the same service, except for simple wills, simple name changes, preparation of non-complex legal documents, legal letters and calls, which may be less than 70 percent of the <span class="dictionary">rate</span> usually charged non-participants;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Legal services organization</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;organization&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> subject to regulation and licensing under this chapter who operates, conducts or administers a <span class="dictionary">legal services plan</span>;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Legal services plan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;plan&#x201D; means a contractual obligation or an arrangement, whereby legal services are provided in consideration of a specified payment consisting in whole or in part of prepaid or periodic charges, regardless of whether the payment is made by the <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> individually or by a third <span class="dictionary">person</span> for them;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Licensed attorney</span>&#x201D; means an attorney licensed by the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners or other <span class="dictionary">state</span> licensing authority;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Participating provider</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">participating providers</span></span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">licensed attorney</span>, group of attorneys or any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> who has agreed through an organization to provide legal services to <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> enrolled in a <span class="dictionary">legal services plan</span>;
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Simple matters</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">simple legal matters</span>&#x201D; means legal matters that can be reasonably handled over the telephone, or with one or two office visits, or by a limited review of routine legal documents, and without legal representation to third parties;
		&#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">subscriber</span> by an organization and which provides legal services or benefits for legal services.</p></section></text><history>1978, c. 658, &#xA7; 38.1-791; 1986, c. 562; 1994, c. 224.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
