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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83705</law_id><section_number>54.1-2714</section_number><catch_line>Restricted licenses to teach dentistry for foreign dentists</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="2">Licensure of Dentists</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may grant, without examination, a restricted <span class="dictionary">license</span> for a temporary appointment to teach <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> at a dental school in this Commonwealth to any person who: <a id="paragraph-300067" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Is a resident of a foreign country; <a id="paragraph-300068" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Is licensed to practice <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> in a foreign country; <a id="paragraph-300069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Holds a faculty appointment in a dental school in a foreign country; <a id="paragraph-300070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Is a graduate of a foreign dental school or college or the dental department of a foreign institution of higher education; <a id="paragraph-300071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Is not licensed to practice <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> in Virginia; <a id="paragraph-300072" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Has not failed an examination for a <span class="dictionary">license to practice dentistry</span> in this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-300073" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Has received a temporary appointment to the faculty of a dental school in this Commonwealth to teach dentistry; <a id="paragraph-300074" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Is, in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, qualified to teach dentistry; and <a id="paragraph-300075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Submits a completed application, the supporting documents the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems necessary to determine his qualifications, and the prescribed fee. <a id="paragraph-300076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A restricted license shall entitle the licensee to perform all operations which a person licensed to practice dentistry may perform but only for the purpose of teaching. No person granted a restricted license shall practice dentistry intramurally or privately or receive fees for his services. <a id="paragraph-300077" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A restricted license granted pursuant to this section shall expire 24 months from the date of issuance and may not be renewed or reissued. <a id="paragraph-300078" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2714/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1977, c. 349, &#xA7; 54-175.2; 1988, c. 765; 2012, cc. 20, 116.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
