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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81380</law_id><section_number>54.1-2724</section_number><catch_line>Limitations on the employment of dental hygienists</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="3">Licensure of Dental Hygienists</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall determine by regulation the total number of <span class="dictionary">dental hygienists</span>, including <span class="dictionary">dental hygienists</span> under general supervision and <span class="dictionary">dental hygienists</span> under remote supervision, who may work at one time for a <span class="dictionary">dentist</span>. No <span class="dictionary">dentist</span> shall employ more than two <span class="dictionary">dental hygienists</span> who practice under remote supervision at one time. The State <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Health may employ the necessary number of hygienists in public school dental clinics, subject to regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>1950, p. 984, &#xA7; 54-200.6; 1972, c. 805; 1978, c. 247; 1988, c. 765; 2016, c. 497.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
