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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1972, chapter 805; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0505\">505<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1468673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368296,"identifier":"54.1-2720","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/2\/54.1-2720","url":"\/54.1-2720\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2720\/","token":"54.1\/III\/27\/2\/54.1-2720","dublin_core":{"Title":"Display of name of practitioner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2720","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every person practicing <span class=\"dictionary\">dentistry<\/span> under a firm name, and every person practicing <span class=\"dictionary\">dentistry<\/span> as an employee of another licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">dentist<\/span> shall conspicuously display his name at the entrance of the office. 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