TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF DENTISTRY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC60-20. Regulations Governing Dental Practice.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Denice Burnette.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: Amend 18VAC60-20-190 to permit dental assistants II to operate a high speed rotary instrument in the mouth.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be posted and sent for public comment ending May 18, 2012. The Board of Dentistry will consider the petition and any comment at its meeting scheduled for June 8, 2012.

Public Comment Deadline: May 18, 2012.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R12-20; Filed April 3, 2012, 9:20 a.m.