                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 38.2-4400)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Contract holder&#8221; means a person entering into a subscription
contract with an organization;
		&#8220;Fee discount&#8221; means predetermined amounts or reduced rates which
are not substantially below the usual charge by the same attorney for those
services, but not less than 70 percent of the rate usually charged
non-participants for the same service, except for simple wills, simple name
changes, preparation of non-complex legal documents, legal letters and calls,
which may be less than 70 percent of the rate usually charged non-participants;
		&#8220;Legal services organization&#8221; or &#8220;organization&#8221; means
a person subject to regulation and licensing under this chapter who operates,
conducts or administers a legal services plan;
		&#8220;Legal services plan&#8221; or &#8220;plan&#8221; means a contractual
obligation or an arrangement, whereby legal services are provided in
consideration of a specified payment consisting in whole or in part of prepaid
or periodic charges, regardless of whether the payment is made by the
subscribers individually or by a third person for them;
		&#8220;Licensed attorney&#8221; means an attorney licensed by the Virginia
Board of Bar Examiners or other state licensing authority;
		&#8220;Participating provider&#8221; or &#8220;participating providers&#8221;
means a licensed attorney, group of attorneys or any other person who has agreed
through an organization to provide legal services to subscribers enrolled in a
legal services plan;
		&#8220;Simple matters&#8221; or &#8220;simple legal matters&#8221; means legal
matters that can be reasonably handled over the telephone, or with one or two
office visits, or by a limited review of routine legal documents, and without
legal representation to third parties;
		&#8220;Subscriber&#8221; means any person entitled to benefits under the terms
and conditions of a subscription contract;
		&#8220;Subscription contract&#8221; means a written contract which is issued
to a subscriber by an organization and which provides legal services or benefits
for legal services.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 658, § 38.1-791; 1986, c. 562; 1994, c. 224.