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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1988, chapter 765; in 2006, chapter 823<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68908,"identifier":"54.1-2727","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/3\/54.1-2727","url":"\/54.1-2727\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2727\/","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/3\/54.1-2727","dublin_core":{"Title":"Display of license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2727","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every person practicing dental hygiene<\/span> shall at all times display his license<\/span> in a conspicuous place in his office in plain view of patients.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any dental hygienist<\/span> while he is serving as a volunteer providing dental hygiene<\/span> services in an underserved area of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a Virginia charitable corporation granted tax-exempt status under \u00a7 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and operating as a clinic for the indigent<\/span> and uninsured that is organized for the delivery of primary health care services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPLAY OF LICENSE (\u00a7 54.1-2727)\n\nEvery person practicing dental hygiene shall at all times display his license in\na conspicuous place in his office in plain view of patients.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to any dental hygienist while\nhe is serving as a volunteer providing dental hygiene services in an underserved\narea of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a Virginia charitable corporation\ngranted tax-exempt status under \u00a7 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and\noperating as a clinic for the indigent and uninsured that is organized for the\ndelivery of primary health care services.\n\nHISTORY: 1950, p. 985, \u00a7 54-200.14; 1972, c. 805; 1988, c. 765; 2006, c. 823.","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}}