WVDA Is Fighting for Patient Safety and Licensure Standards

Mar 21, 2025 | Advocacy

Advocating for the Hand-Skills Amendment to SB 458

WVDA has launched social media and radio ads to support preserving clinical hand-skills tests for dentists and dental hygienists.

Listen to the WV Metronews advertisement here: [Insert link if available]

If youโ€™re near the Capitol, keep an eye out for social media posts supporting the amendment.

Legislators Who Support the Amendment

Thank these legislators if you see them over the weekend:

  • Delegate Stan Adkins (Nicholas County)
  • Delegate Eric Brooks (Fayette/Raleigh County)
  • Delegate Ryan Browning (Wayne)
  • Delegate Jarred Cannon (Putnam)
  • Delegate Marshall Clay (Fayette)
  • Delegate Mark Dean (Mingo)
  • Delegate Mike DeVault (Marion)
  • Delegate David McCormick (Monongalia) *amendment sponsor
  • Delegate Charles Sheedy (Marshall) *amendment sponsor
  • Delegate Kayla Young (Kanawha)

Letters of support were also sent to legislators from the WV Board of Dentistry and the WV Dental Association.

Letters