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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1972, chapter 805; in 1978, chapter 247; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2016, chapter 497<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241689,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81380,"identifier":"54.1-2724","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/3\/54.1-2724","url":"\/54.1-2724\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2724\/","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/3\/54.1-2724","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitations on the employment of dental hygienists","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2724","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall determine by regulation the total number of dental hygienists<\/span>, including dental hygienists<\/span> under general supervision and dental hygienists<\/span> under remote supervision, who may work at one time for a dentist<\/span>. No dentist<\/span> shall employ more than two dental hygienists<\/span> who practice under remote supervision at one time. The State Board<\/span> of Health may employ the necessary number of hygienists in public school dental clinics, subject to regulations of the Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATIONS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENISTS (\u00a7 54.1-2724)\n\nThe Board shall determine by regulation the total number of dental hygienists,\nincluding dental hygienists under general supervision and dental hygienists\nunder remote supervision, who may work at one time for a dentist. No dentist\nshall employ more than two dental hygienists who practice under remote\nsupervision at one time. The State Board of Health may employ the necessary\nnumber of hygienists in public school dental clinics, subject to regulations of\nthe Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1950, p. 984, \u00a7 54-200.6; 1972, c. 805; 1978, c. 247; 1988, c. 765;\n2016, c. 497.","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}}