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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73516</law_id><section_number>38.2-4517</section_number><catch_line>Licensing of nonstock corporation</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="45">Dental or Optometric Services Plans</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall operate a dental or <span class="dictionary">optometric services plan</span> in this Commonwealth without a license issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. Each <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June 30. Application for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $500. <a id="paragraph-264509" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4517/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> to or renew a license of a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> unless it is satisfied that the financial condition, the method of operation, and the manner of doing business of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> enable it to meet its contractual obligations to all <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> and that the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> has otherwise complied with all the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-264510" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4517/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 682, &#xA7; 38.1-906; 1986, c. 562; 1987, cc. 565, 655; 1994, c. 503.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
