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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57274</law_id><section_number>54.1-2729.01</section_number><catch_line>Practice of dental assistants</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-2712</reference></referred_to_by><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="4">Practice of Dental Assistants</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A person who is employed to assist a licensed <span class="dictionary">dentist</span> or <span class="dictionary">dental hygienist</span> by performing duties not otherwise restricted to the practice of a <span class="dictionary">dentist</span>, <span class="dictionary">dental hygienist</span>, or dental assistant II, as prescribed in regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may practice as a dental assistant I. <a id="paragraph-209800" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2729.01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A person who (i) has met the educational and training requirements prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; (ii) holds a certification from a credentialing organization recognized by the American Dental Association; and (iii) has met any other qualifications for registration as prescribed in regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may practice as a dental assistant II. A dental assistant II may perform duties not otherwise restricted to the practice of a <span class="dictionary">dentist</span> or <span class="dictionary">dental hygienist</span> under the direction of a licensed <span class="dictionary">dentist</span> that are reversible, intraoral procedures specified in regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-209801" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2729.01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2008, cc. 84, 264.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
