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: Mandepp Sood.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: Amend 18VAC60-20-60 to accept dental school programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) since there is an existing reciprocal agreement between CDAC and the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association (CODA) to bilaterally recognize programs that are accredited by either of these commissions.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The board will publish the petition on May 18, 2015, and ask for public comment until June 9, 2015. The petition and any comment will be considered by the board at its meeting scheduled for June 12, 2015.

Public Comment Deadline: June 9, 2015.

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

VA.R. Doc. No. R15-31; Filed April 20, 2015, 9:18 a.m.