9/13/2013 3:51 pm Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | Board of Dentistry |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Sandra Reen (804)367-4437 sandra.reen@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Elaine J. Yeatts Agency Regulatory Coordinator (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 60 - 20: | Regulations Governing Dental Practice |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapter 27 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 07/10/2013 |
Petitioner | Deborah Hickman |
To amend regulations pertaining to requirements for dental assistants II to add another
pathway for registration.
Agency Plan
The petition will be published on July 29, 2013 in the Register of Regulations and
also posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive
public comment ending August 28, 2013. The request to amend regulations and any comments
for or against the petition will be considered by the Board at its meeting scheduled
for September 13, 2013
Publication Date | 07/29/2013 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 08/28/2013 |
Take no action
Agency Response Date | 09/13/2013 |
The petition and related comments were considered by the Board at its meeting today.
While the Board declined to initiate a rulemaking process, it has agreed that the
education and training requirements for registration of a dental assistant II should
be reviewed.
As was learned during the process of promulgating the initial regulations, there
are wide variances in the duties of an "expanded duty dental assistant" among the
various states. For example, the duties that require an expanded duty assistant to
obtain additional training and complete an examination in North Carolina may be performed
in Virginia by a dental assistant I. So while the Board has denied the request for
rulemaking, it has taken the matter under advisement and referred it to a committee
for further consideration.