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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368297</law_id><section_number>54.1-2721</section_number><catch_line>Display of license</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="27">Dentistry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Licensure of Dentists</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person practicing <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> in this Commonwealth shall display his <span class="dictionary">license</span> in his office in plain view of patients. Any person practicing <span class="dictionary">dentistry</span> without having his <span class="dictionary">license</span> on display shall be subject to disciplinary action by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p><p>The provisions of this section shall not apply to any <span class="dictionary">dentist</span> while he is serving as a volunteer providing dental services in an underserved area of the Commonwealth under the auspices of a Virginia charitable corporation granted tax-exempt status under &#xA7;&#xA0;501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and operating as a clinic for the <span class="dictionary">indigent</span> and uninsured that is organized for the delivery of primary health care services.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-197; 1972, c. 805; 1988, c. 765; 2006, c. 823.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
