Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Dentistry

Regulations Governing the Practice of Dental Hygienists [18 VAC 60 ‑ 25]

Action:

Continuing education for practice by remote supervision

General Information

Action Summary	The Board is amending 18VAC60-25-190, relating to requirements for continuing education for dental hygienists to include the “competencies needed to provide care under remote supervision,” as specified in subsection F of § 54.1-2722. The regulation requires a continuing education course of no less than two hours in duration, offered by an approved sponsor and including the specified course content.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Exempt from APA	No, this action is subject to the Administrative Process Act and the standard executive branch review process.
RIS Project	Yes [005208]
Associated Mandates	Remote supervision
Note	This action is not intended to satisfy the requirement that an entire regulation be reviewed every 4 years.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
8070	Emergency/NOIRA	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 11/13/2017 and expires on 5/12/2019.
8234	Proposed	Stage withdrawn on 5/2/2018 before DPB completed its review.
8288	Fast-Track	Stage complete. Becomes effective on 9/20/2018.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Sandra Reen / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233
Email Address:	sandra.reen@dhp.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)367-4437 FAX: (804)527-4428 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this board.