Texas Occupations Code
§ 260.002 — EMPLOYMENT BY CERTAIN NONPROFIT HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
OC § 260.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 260. OPERATION OF CERTAIN DENTAL PRACTICES
Statute text
View on source(a)The board shall, on a form and under rules adopted by the board, approve and certify a health organization to contract with or employ dentists licensed by the board if the organization, in its application to the board, presents satisfactory proof to the board that the organization:
(1)is a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) and Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501); and
(2)is organized and operated as:
(A)a migrant, community, or homeless health center under 42 U.S.C. Section 254b or 254c; or
(B)a federally qualified health center under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).
(b)A dentist providing dental services under Subsection (a) shall provide those services free of charge or at a reduced fee equal to the patient's ability to pay in strict compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 254b or 254c.
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Legislative history
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.