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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82978</law_id><section_number>54.1-2729</section_number><catch_line>Continuing education</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 promulgate regulations requiring continuing education for any <span class="dictionary">dental hygienist</span> <span class="dictionary">license</span> renewal or reinstatement. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may grant exceptions or exemptions from these continuing education requirements.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 555; 1997, c. 3; 2004, c. 137; 2005, cc. 505, 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
