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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83708</law_id><section_number>54.1-2705</section_number><catch_line>Investigation of applicant for license</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="27">Dentistry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Board of Dentistry</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall investigate the qualifications and truthfulness on registration of any applicant for a <span class="dictionary">license to practice dentistry</span> or <span class="dictionary">dental hygiene</span>, and for such purposes shall have power to send for witnesses, papers and documents, and administer <span class="dictionary">oaths</span>. The cost of such inquiry shall be borne by the applicant.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-176; 1972, c. 805; 1975, c. 479; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
