The Board shall determine by regulation the total number of dental hygienists, including dental hygienists under general supervision and dental hygienists under remote supervision, who may work at one time for a dentist. No dentist shall employ more than two dental hygienists who practice under remote supervision at one time. The State Board of Health may employ the necessary number of hygienists in public school dental clinics, subject to regulations of the Board.
1950, p. 984, § 54-200.6; 1972, c. 805; 1978, c. 247; 1988, c. 765; 2016, c. 497.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
§ 54.1-2702. Board; membership; terms of office; officers; quorum
§ 54.1-2703. Inspection of dental offices and laboratories
§ 54.1-2705. Investigation of applicant for license
§ 54.1-2706. Revocation or suspension; other sanctions
§ 54.1-2708. Disciplinary action discretion
§ 54.1-2708.2. Recovery of monitoring costs
§ 54.1-2708.3. Regulation of mobile dental clinics
§ 54.1-2708.4. Board to adopt regulations related to prescribing of opioids
§ 54.1-2709. License; application; qualifications; examinations
§ 54.1-2709.1. Certain certification required
§ 54.1-2709.2. Registration and certain data required
§ 54.1-2709.4. Further reporting requirements
§ 54.1-2709.5. Permits for sedation and anesthesia required
§ 54.1-2711. Practice of dentistry
§ 54.1-2712. Permissible practices
§ 54.1-2712.1. Restricted volunteer license for certain dentists
§ 54.1-2713. (Effective until July 1, 2025) Licenses to teach dentistry; renewals
§ 54.1-2714. Restricted licenses to teach dentistry for foreign dentists
§ 54.1-2715. Temporary permits for certain clinicians
§ 54.1-2716. Practicing in a commercial or mercantile establishment
§ 54.1-2717. Practice of dentistry by professional business entities
§ 54.1-2718. Practicing under firm or assumed name
§ 54.1-2719. Persons engaged in construction and repair of appliances
§ 54.1-2720. Display of name of practitioner
§ 54.1-2721. Display of license
§ 54.1-2722. License; application; qualifications; practice of dental hygiene; report
§ 54.1-2724. Limitations on the employment of dental hygienists
§ 54.1-2725. Faculty licenses to teach dental hygiene; renewals
§ 54.1-2726. Temporary permits for certain hygienists
§ 54.1-2726.1. Restricted volunteer license for certain dental hygienists
§ 54.1-2727. Display of license
§ 54.1-2728. Grounds for revocation or suspension