Texas Occupations Code
§ 260.001 — EMPLOYMENT BY ESTATE OF DENTIST OR PERSON ACTING FOR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT DENTIST
OC § 260.001Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 260. OPERATION OF CERTAIN DENTAL PRACTICES
Statute text
View on source(a)This subtitle does not prevent a person who is the administrator or executor of the estate of a dentist or a person who is legally authorized to act for a dentist adjudicated to be mentally incompetent from employing a licensed dentist to:
(1)carry on the deceased or mentally incompetent dentist's practice for a reasonable period, as determined by the board; or
(2)conclude the affairs of the practice, including the sale of any assets.
(b)This subtitle does not prevent a licensed dentist from working for a person described by Subsection (a) during the administration of the estate or the period of incompetency.
Legislative history
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.