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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0003\">3<\/a>; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0137\">137<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0505\">505<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82978,"identifier":"54.1-2729","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/3\/54.1-2729","url":"\/54.1-2729\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2729\/","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/3\/54.1-2729","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuing education","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2729","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations requiring continuing education for any <span class=\"dictionary\">dental hygienist<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">license<\/span> renewal or reinstatement. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may grant exceptions or exemptions from these continuing education requirements.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUING EDUCATION (\u00a7 54.1-2729)\n\nThe Board shall promulgate regulations requiring continuing education for any\ndental hygienist license renewal or reinstatement. The Board may grant\nexceptions or exemptions from these continuing education requirements.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 555; 1997, c. 3; 2004, c. 137; 2005, cc. 505, 587.","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}}