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moral turpitude, drug or alcohol abuse.B\n\nThe president of any association, society, academy or organization shall report to the Board of Dentistry any disciplinary action taken against any oral and maxillofacial surgeon licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary action is a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional incompetence, moral turpitude, drug addictions or alcohol abuse.C\n\nAny report required by this section shall be in writing directed to the Board of Dentistry, shall give the name and address of the person who is the subject of the report and shall describe fully the circumstances surrounding the conduct to be reported.D\n\nAny person making a report required by this section or testifying in a judicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such report shall be immune from any civil liability resulting therefrom unless such person acted in bad faith or with malicious intent.E\n\nIn the event that any organization enumerated in subsection A or any component thereof receives a complaint against an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, such organization may, in lieu of considering disciplinary action against such oral and maxillofacial surgeon, request that the Board investigate the matter pursuant to this chapter, in which event any person participating in the decision to make such a request or testifying in a judicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such request shall be immune from any civil liability alleged to have resulted therefrom unless such person acted in bad faith or with malicious intent.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":207698,"text":"The presidents of the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons shall report to the Board of Dentistry any disciplinary actions taken by his organization against any oral and maxillofacial surgeon licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary action is a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0662\">662<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86680,"section_number":"54.1-2506.01","catch_line":"Investigation of reported violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2506.01\/"},{"id":65702,"section_number":"54.1-2709.2","catch_line":"Registration and certain data required","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2709.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56758,"identifier":"54.1-2709.3","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/2\/54.1-2709.3","url":"\/54.1-2709.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2709.3\/","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/2\/54.1-2709.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports of disciplinary action against oral and maxillofacial surgeons; immunity from liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2709.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The presidents of the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Society of <span class=\"dictionary\">Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons<\/span> shall report to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Dentistry<\/span> any disciplinary actions taken by his organization against any <span class=\"dictionary\">oral and maxillofacial surgeon<\/span> licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary action is a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional incompetence, <span class=\"dictionary\">moral turpitude<\/span>, drug or alcohol abuse. <a id=\"paragraph-207698\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2709.3\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The president of any association, society, academy or organization shall report to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Dentistry<\/span> any disciplinary action taken against any <span class=\"dictionary\">oral and maxillofacial surgeon<\/span> licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary action is a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional incompetence, <span class=\"dictionary\">moral turpitude<\/span>, drug addictions or alcohol abuse. <a id=\"paragraph-207699\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2709.3\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any report required by this section shall be in writing directed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Dentistry<\/span>, shall give the name and address of the person who is the subject of the report and shall describe fully the circumstances surrounding the conduct to be reported. <a id=\"paragraph-207700\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2709.3\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any person making a report required by this section or testifying in a judicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such report shall be immune from any civil liability resulting therefrom unless such person acted in bad faith or with <span class=\"dictionary\">malicious<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207701\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2709.3\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> In the event that any organization enumerated in subsection A or any component thereof receives a complaint against an <span class=\"dictionary\">oral and maxillofacial surgeon<\/span>, such organization may, in lieu of considering disciplinary action against such <span class=\"dictionary\">oral and maxillofacial surgeon<\/span>, request that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> investigate the matter pursuant to this chapter, in which event any person participating in the decision to make such a request or testifying in a judicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such request shall be immune from any civil liability alleged to have resulted therefrom unless such person acted in bad faith or with <span class=\"dictionary\">malicious<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207702\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2709.3\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS; IMMUNITY\nFROM LIABILITY (\u00a7 54.1-2709.3)\n\nA. The presidents of the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Society of\nOral and Maxillofacial Surgeons shall report to the Board of Dentistry any\ndisciplinary actions taken by his organization against any oral and\nmaxillofacial surgeon licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary action is\na result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional incompetence,\nmoral turpitude, drug or alcohol abuse.\n\nB. The president of any association, society, academy or organization shall\nreport to the Board of Dentistry any disciplinary action taken against any oral\nand maxillofacial surgeon licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary\naction is a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional\nincompetence, moral turpitude, drug addictions or alcohol abuse.\n\nC. Any report required by this section shall be in writing directed to the Board\nof Dentistry, shall give the name and address of the person who is the subject\nof the report and shall describe fully the circumstances surrounding the conduct\nto be reported.\n\nD. Any person making a report required by this section or testifying in a\njudicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such report shall be immune\nfrom any civil liability resulting therefrom unless such person acted in bad\nfaith or with malicious intent.\n\nE. In the event that any organization enumerated in subsection A or any\ncomponent thereof receives a complaint against an oral and maxillofacial\nsurgeon, such organization may, in lieu of considering disciplinary action\nagainst such oral and maxillofacial surgeon, request that the Board investigate\nthe matter pursuant to this chapter, in which event any person participating in\nthe decision to make such a request or testifying in a judicial or\nadministrative proceeding as a result of such request shall be immune from any\ncivil liability alleged to have resulted therefrom unless such person acted in\nbad faith or with malicious intent.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 662.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}