                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFUSAL TO ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTS PROHIBITED; DENTISTS AND ORAL SURGEONS (§
38.2-3407.13)

A. No insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness
insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical or major medical
coverage on an expense-incurred basis, no corporation providing individual or
group accident and sickness subscription contracts, and no dental services plan
offering or administering prepaid dental services shall refuse to accept or make
reimbursement pursuant to an assignment of benefits made to a dentist or oral
surgeon by an insured, subscriber or plan enrollee.

B. For the purpose of this section, &#8220;assignment of benefits&#8221; means
the transfer of dental care coverage reimbursement benefits or other rights
under an insurance policy, subscription contract or dental services plan by an
insured, subscriber or plan enrollee to a dentist or oral surgeon. The
assignment of benefits shall not be effective until the insured, subscriber or
enrollee notifies the insurer, corporation or plan in writing of the assignment.

HISTORY: 1999, cc. 643, 649.