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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68908</law_id><section_number>54.1-2727</section_number><catch_line>Display of 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="3">Licensure of Dental Hygienists</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person practicing <span class="dictionary">dental hygiene</span> shall at all times display his <span class="dictionary">license</span> in a conspicuous place in his office in plain view of patients.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to any <span class="dictionary">dental hygienist</span> while he is serving as a volunteer providing <span class="dictionary">dental hygiene</span> services in an underserved area of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a Virginia charitable corporation granted tax-exempt status under &#xA7;&#xA0;501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and operating as a clinic for the <span class="dictionary">indigent</span> and uninsured that is organized for the delivery of primary health care services.</p></section></text><history>1950, p. 985, &#xA7; 54-200.14; 1972, c. 805; 1988, c. 765; 2006, c. 823.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
