Texas Occupations Code

§ 258.001 — IMPERMISSIBLE DELEGATIONS

OC § 258.001Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 258. PRACTICE BY DENTIST · Art. A. DELEGATION BY DENTIST

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A dentist may not delegate:

(1)an act to an individual who, by board order, is prohibited from performing the act;

(2)any of the following acts to a person not licensed as a dentist or dental hygienist:

(A)the removal of calculus, deposits, or accretions from the natural and restored surfaces of exposed human teeth and restorations in the human mouth;

(B)root planing or the smoothing and polishing of roughened root surfaces or exposed human teeth; or

(C)any other act the delegation of which is prohibited by board rule;

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 811 (H.B. 2056), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 868 (H.B. 3824), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.