Amend regulations to require Virginia dentists to be trained and equipped to manage medical emergencies consistent with the Six Links of Survival as a condition of initial or continuing licensure. 

The petition will be published in the Register of Regulations, posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall and sent to interested parties for comment.  At its meeting on March 9, 2012, the Board will review the petition and any comments received and determine whether to initiate rulemaking in response.

The Board decided to deny the petition because many of the emergency management requirements requested have already been adopted in a regulatory proposal following an extensive review of all Board of Dentistry regulations. That proposal has not yet been approved for publication, but includes extensive rules relating to training of staff, monitoring and emergency equipment and management.