TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF DENTISTRY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC60-21. Regulations Governing the Practice of Dentistry.

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

Name of Petitioner: Dr. Christine Barry.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To add to the listing of approved providers of continuing education, "and other continuing education organizations as approved by the Board."

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition will be published on September 19, 2016, in the Virginia Register of Regulations and also posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive public comment ending October 19, 2016. The request to amend regulations and any comments for or against the petition will be considered by the board at its meeting scheduled for December 9, 2016.

Public Comment Deadline: October 19, 2016.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, 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. R17-01; Filed August 25, 2016, 8:45 a.m.