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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82818</law_id><section_number>54.1-2717</section_number><catch_line>Practice of dentistry by professional business entities</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> No corporation shall be formed or foreign corporation domesticated in the Commonwealth for the purpose of practicing <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> other than a professional corporation as permitted by Chapter 7 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Practice of certain professions by corporations" href="/13.1-542.1/">13.1-542.1</a> et seq.) of Title 13.1. <a id="paragraph-296898" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2717/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No limited liability company shall be organized or foreign limited liability company domesticated in the Commonwealth for the purpose of practicing <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> other than a professional limited liability company as permitted by Chapter 13 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reservation of power to amend or repeal" href="/13.1-1100/">13.1-1100</a> et seq.) of Title 13.1. <a id="paragraph-296899" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2717/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A and B, <span class="dictionary">dentists</span> licensed pursuant to this chapter may practice as employees of the dental clinics operated as specified in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Temporary permits for certain clinicians" href="/54.1-2715/">54.1-2715</a>. <a id="paragraph-296900" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2717/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-183; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 574; 2004, c. 48; 2022, c. 234.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
