Bill Text: VA HB2184 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Volunteer license, special; issuance for limited practice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290) [HB2184 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2184-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §54.1-2701 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§54.1-2701. Exemptions.
This chapter shall not:
1. Apply to a licensed physician or surgeon unless he practices dentistry as a specialty;
2. Apply to a nurse practitioner certified by the Board of Nursing and the Board of Medicine except that intraoral procedures shall be performed only under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist;
3. Apply to a dentist or a dental hygienist of the United States Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Public Health Service, or Department of Veterans Affairs;
4. Apply to any dentist of the United States Army, Navy, Coast Guard, or Air Force rendering services voluntarily and without compensation while deemed to be licensed pursuant to §54.1-106;
5. Apply to any dentist or dental hygienist who (i) does not
regularly practice dentistry in Virginia, (ii) holds a current valid license or
certificate to practice as a dentist or dental hygienist in another state,
territory, district or possession of the United States, (iii) volunteers to
provide free health care to an underserved area of this the
Commonwealth under the auspices of a publicly supported all volunteer,
nonprofit organization that sponsors the provision of health care to
populations of underserved people, (iv) files a copy of the license or
certificate issued in such other jurisdiction with the Board, (v) notifies the
Board at least 15 five days prior to the voluntary provision of
services of the dates and location of such service, and (vi) acknowledges, in
writing, that such licensure exemption shall only be valid, in compliance with
the Board's regulations, during the limited period that such free health care
is made available through the volunteer, nonprofit organization on the
dates and at the location filed with the Board. Clauses (iv), (v), and (vi)
shall not apply to dentists and dental hygienists volunteering to provide free
health care to an underserved area of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a
publicly supported nonprofit organization that sponsors the provision of health
care to populations of underserved people if they do so for a period not
exceeding three consecutive days and if the nonprofit organization verifies
that the practitioner has a valid, unrestricted license in another state.
The Board may deny the right to practice in Virginia to any dentist or dental
hygienist whose license has been previously suspended or revoked, who has been
convicted of a felony, or who is otherwise found to be in violation of
applicable laws or regulations; or
6. Prevent an office assistant from performing usual secretarial duties or other assistance as set forth in regulations promulgated by the Board.