Title 38.2, Title 38.2. Insurance

A. Except for a plan established pursuant to § 38.2-4403, all participating providers in a plan shall be jointly and severally liable on all contracts made for the purposes of the plan by the organization as agent for them. Each contract may be executed and signed by their agent …

A. Any participating provider may resign from a plan at any time but will continue to be liable on each subscription contract while effective. However, this liability shall not extend beyond the end of each such subscription contract's current contract year. B. Participating prov…

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 13.1-675 and 13.1-855, any corporation that operates any plan pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall have a board of directors consisting of no more than fifteen members of whom a majority shall be subscribers to the plan who are not prov…

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 13.1-675, 13.1-677 and 13.1-855 to the contrary, any legal services organization operating a plan created by a group of attorneys shall have a board of directors consisting of no more than fifteen members of whom a majority may be providers of…

No provision of this title except this chapter and insofar as they are not inconsistent with this chapter §§ 38.2-100, 38.2-200, 38.2-203, 38.2-209 through 38.2-213, 38.2-218 through 38.2-225, 38.2-229, 38.2-316, 38.2-400, 38.2-402 through 38.2-413, 38.2-500 through 38.2-515, 38.…

Any rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a legal services organization shall be deemed to be the rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of an insurer and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 (§ 38.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 38.2.

The legal services organization shall not indemnify any subscriber for legal services rendered by any participating provider or nonparticipating attorney.

On or before March 1 of each year, each legal services organization shall file with the Commission a financial statement in accordance with § 38.2-1300. In lieu of a financial statement filed in accordance with § 38.2-1300, a foreign legal services organization may file a financi…

The Commission may investigate or examine the affairs, transactions, accounts, records, and assets of a legal services organization as it deems necessary. Examinations shall be conducted pursuant to Article 4 (§ 38.2-1317 et seq.) of Chapter 13.

A legal services organization shall organize and operate a plan in a manner that assures that any subscriber to the plan shall have free choice of the participating providers available and participating in the plan.

A legal services organization shall, prior to and during the term of the subscription contract, fully, fairly, and currently advise the subscriber in writing of the benefits available under the contract and all limitations on the benefits available under the contract.

A. No person shall operate a legal services plan in this Commonwealth without a license issued by the Commission. Each organization shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the Commission requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June …

A. Each legal services organization shall renew its license with the Commission annually by July 1. The renewal license shall not be issued unless the organization has paid all fees and charges imposed on it, and has complied with all other requirements of law. B. The Commission …

Except as provided by § 58.1-2501 and Chapter 4 of this title, the application fees paid by a legal services organization under this chapter shall be in lieu of all other state and local license fees or license taxes and state income taxes.

In the operation of a plan, no person shall use any misleading subscription applications or contracts.

The Commission shall have no jurisdiction to adjudicate controversies growing out of subscription contracts. A breach of contract shall not be deemed a violation of this chapter.