Texas Occupations Code
§ 258.052 — CASE HISTORIES AND PHYSICAL EVALUATIONS
OC § 258.052Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 258. PRACTICE BY DENTIST · Art. B. GENERAL PRACTICE PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A dentist may take a complete case history and perform a complete physical evaluation that may be used to admit a patient to a hospital for the practice of dentistry if the activity is necessary in the exercise of due care in the practice of dentistry.
(b)A dentist is not automatically entitled to membership on a hospital's medical staff or to exercise clinical privileges at a hospital solely because the dentist is licensed in this state or because the dentist is authorized to take a case history and perform a physical evaluation.
(c)A dentist may not be denied membership on a hospital's medical staff or the right to the exercise of clinical privileges at a hospital solely because the person is a dentist rather than a physician.
Legislative history
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.