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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78064</law_id><section_number>38.2-4501</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>38.2-316.2</reference><reference>38.2-3407.15:2</reference><reference>38.2-3407.17:1</reference><reference>38.2-3407.19</reference><reference>38.2-4502</reference><reference>38.2-4503</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="45">Dental or Optometric 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 a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Dental services plans</span>&#x201D; means any arrangement for offering or administering prepaid dental services by a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> licensed under this chapter.
		&#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 operates a dental services plan or an <span class="dictionary">optometric services plan</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Optometric services plan</span>&#x201D; means any arrangement for offering or administering prepaid optometric services by a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> licensed under this chapter.
		&#x201C;Plan&#x201D; means any dental services plan or any <span class="dictionary">optometric services plan</span> subject to regulation under this chapter.
		&#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 dental or optometric services or benefits for dental or optometric services.</p></section></text><history>1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
