Tex. Occupations Code § 258.153
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 258.153, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 258.153. RULES.
Official statutory text
(a) The board shall adopt rules to administer this subchapter, including rules to establish the minimum standards for the administration of anesthesia by a dentist.
(b) The rules must be designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and must include requirements relating to:
(1) for each type of permit held, the methods that may be used to administer an anesthetic and the anesthetic agents that may be used;
(2) dental patient evaluation, diagnosis, counseling, and preparation;
(3) dental patient monitoring to be performed and equipment to be used during a procedure and during postprocedure monitoring;
(4) emergency procedures, drugs, and equipment, including education, training, and certification of personnel, as appropriate, and including protocols for transfers to a hospital;
(5) the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with this subchapter;
(6) the period in which protocols or procedures covered by rules of the board shall be reviewed, updated, or amended; and
(7) the minimum components required to be included in a preoperative checklist to be used before administering anesthesia to a patient and retained in the patient's dental record.
(b) The rules must be designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and must include requirements relating to:
(1) for each type of permit held, the methods that may be used to administer an anesthetic and the anesthetic agents that may be used;
(2) dental patient evaluation, diagnosis, counseling, and preparation;
(3) dental patient monitoring to be performed and equipment to be used during a procedure and during postprocedure monitoring;
(4) emergency procedures, drugs, and equipment, including education, training, and certification of personnel, as appropriate, and including protocols for transfers to a hospital;
(5) the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with this subchapter;
(6) the period in which protocols or procedures covered by rules of the board shall be reviewed, updated, or amended; and
(7) the minimum components required to be included in a preoperative checklist to be used before administering anesthesia to a patient and retained in the patient's dental record.
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