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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80037</law_id><section_number>38.2-4505</section_number><catch_line>Liability of participants</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4504</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> All dentists or optometrists participating in a <span class="dictionary">plan</span> shall be jointly and severally liable on all <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> made for the purpose of the <span class="dictionary">plan</span> by the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> as agent for them. Each <span class="dictionary">contract</span> may be executed and signed by their agent on their behalf. A <span class="dictionary">contract</span> so signed shall be binding on the principals and not on the agent. <a id="paragraph-286642" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4505/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Actions for breach of these <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> may be brought against the principals by naming the agent as the sole <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>. A <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in favor of the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> may be satisfied out of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> or out of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of each of the principals. <a id="paragraph-286643" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4505/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each participant shall be liable for his own <span class="dictionary">torts</span> and not for the <span class="dictionary">torts</span> of any other participant or of the agent. <a id="paragraph-286644" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4505/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 682, &#xA7; 38.1-896; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
