Tex. Occupations Code § 260.001
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 260.001, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 260.001. EMPLOYMENT BY ESTATE OF DENTIST OR PERSON ACTING FOR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT DENTIST.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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