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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362334</law_id><section_number>38.2-3519</section_number><catch_line>Minimum standards for excepted benefits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-102</reference><reference>38.2-3417</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="35" identifier="35">Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Pursuant to the authority granted in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rules and regulations; orders" href="/38.2-223/">38.2-223</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for benefits under any of the categories of policies known as excepted benefits. <a id="paragraph-1349492" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3519/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No excepted benefits <span class="dictionary">policy</span> shall be delivered or issued for delivery in the Commonwealth that does not meet the prescribed minimum standards established by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or does not meet the requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Policy forms; powers of Commission" href="/38.2-3501/">38.2-3501</a>. <a id="paragraph-1349493" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3519/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may prescribe the method of identification of policies based upon coverages provided. <a id="paragraph-1349494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3519/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 204, &#xA7; 38.1-362.14; 1986, c. 562; 2022, c. 531.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
