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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69053</law_id><section_number>54.1-2708</section_number><catch_line>Disciplinary action discretion</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>Except in the case of a monetary <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may take disciplinary action notwithstanding any action pending before or consummated before any <span class="dictionary">court</span> or any criminal <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> which has been or may be imposed.</p></section></text><history>1972, c. 805, &#xA7; 54-189.1; 1975, c. 479; 1978, c. 248; 1988, cc. 64; 765; 1997, c. 556.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
