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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75727</law_id><section_number>38.2-5809</section_number><catch_line>Suspension or revocation of license</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="58">Managed Care Health Insurance Plans</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may suspend or revoke any license issued to a <span class="dictionary">health carrier</span> if it finds that any of the following conditions exist:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">State</span> Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> certifies to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Civil penalties; probation; suspension; restriction or prohibition of new enrollments to managed care health insurance plan licensee; revocation or nonrenewal of certificate of quality assurance; appeal process; correction" href="/32.1-137.5/">32.1-137.5</a> that the <span class="dictionary">health carrier</span> or its <span class="dictionary">MCHIP</span> is unable to fulfill its obligations to furnish quality <span class="dictionary">health care services</span> as set forth in Article 1.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/32.1-137.1/">32.1-137.1</a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1. The suspension of a certificate of quality assurance shall not be deemed such a certification by the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-271925" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5809/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">State</span> Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> notifies the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that the <span class="dictionary">health carrier</span> has failed to implement the complaint system required by Title 32.1 and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Complaint system" href="/38.2-5804/">38.2-5804</a> to resolve valid complaints reasonably. <a id="paragraph-271926" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5809/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> determines that a certificate of quality assurance issued to the <span class="dictionary">health carrier</span> has been revoked by the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, or a request for renewal of such certificate has been denied or disapproved by the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-271927" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5809/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
