Tex. Occupations Code § 266.102
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 266.102, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 266.102. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES.
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(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(14), eff. September 1, 2017.
(b) The board may adopt rules regarding dental laboratories in only the following areas:
(1) processing registration applications;
(2) prescribing:
(A) requirements for registration;
(B) the form and content of registration applications and other forms required to administer this chapter;
(C) procedures for renewal of certificates of registration; and
(D) fees necessary to administer this chapter;
(3) monitoring records necessary to administer this chapter;
(4) establishing continuing education requirements for dental technicians employed by dental laboratories, including prescribing the content of continuing education courses; and
(5) regulating:
(A) infection control;
(B) shade-taking procedures authorized by a prescription from a licensed dentist;
(C) computer-imaging procedures for an oral cavity authorized by a prescription from a licensed dentist;
(D) referral of dental prescriptions to out-of-state laboratories to be filled; and
(E) the transportation and manufacture of dental prosthetic devices or other dental work performed by a dental laboratory located in another state or a foreign country for use in this state.
(c) In prescribing the content of continuing education courses under Subsection (b)(4), the board shall require the course content to be at least as comprehensive as a course approved by a recognized board of certification for dental technology.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(14), eff. September 1, 2017.
(e) The board shall provide annually to each dentist licensed in this state a list of dental laboratories registered under this chapter. The list must include the expiration date of each laboratory's registration certificate.
(b) The board may adopt rules regarding dental laboratories in only the following areas:
(1) processing registration applications;
(2) prescribing:
(A) requirements for registration;
(B) the form and content of registration applications and other forms required to administer this chapter;
(C) procedures for renewal of certificates of registration; and
(D) fees necessary to administer this chapter;
(3) monitoring records necessary to administer this chapter;
(4) establishing continuing education requirements for dental technicians employed by dental laboratories, including prescribing the content of continuing education courses; and
(5) regulating:
(A) infection control;
(B) shade-taking procedures authorized by a prescription from a licensed dentist;
(C) computer-imaging procedures for an oral cavity authorized by a prescription from a licensed dentist;
(D) referral of dental prescriptions to out-of-state laboratories to be filled; and
(E) the transportation and manufacture of dental prosthetic devices or other dental work performed by a dental laboratory located in another state or a foreign country for use in this state.
(c) In prescribing the content of continuing education courses under Subsection (b)(4), the board shall require the course content to be at least as comprehensive as a course approved by a recognized board of certification for dental technology.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(14), eff. September 1, 2017.
(e) The board shall provide annually to each dentist licensed in this state a list of dental laboratories registered under this chapter. The list must include the expiration date of each laboratory's registration certificate.
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