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Texas Jurisprudence Dental Exam with verified detailed || || || || || || ||
solutions
The State Board of Dental Examiners may not suspend a license for any reason without a due
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
process hearing. - ✔✔Sec. 263.004. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION IN EMERGENCY. (a) If the
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
board or an executive committee of the board determines from the evidence or information
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
presented that the continued practice by a person licensed under this subtitle, or the continued
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
performance by a person licensed under this subtitle of a procedure for which the person holds a || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
permit issued by the board, would constitute a clear, imminent, or continuing threat to a person's
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
physical health or well-being, the board or the executive committee shall temporarily suspend the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
person's license or permit, as applicable. || || || || ||
(b) The board may not temporarily suspend a license or permit under this section without notice
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or hearing unless at the time of the temporary suspension the board or the executive committee
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
requests the State Office of Administrative Hearings to set a date for a hearing on the temporary
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suspension.
(c) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing not later than the 30th day
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
after the date the license or permit is suspended unless the license or permit holder requests a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
continuance. The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a second hearing on the || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suspension and on any other action to be taken against the license or permit holder not later than
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the 60th day after:
|| || ||
(1) the date the license or permit is temporarily suspended; or
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(2) the date specified in the continuance requested by the license or permit holder.
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(d) If the State Office of Administrative Hearings does not hold a hearing within the time
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
provided by Subsection (c), the suspended license or permit is automatically reinstated.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
1249, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
|| || || || || ||
Amended by: ||
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 810 (S.B. 610), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
An applicant for licensure to practice dentistry must be at least: - ✔✔Sec. 256.002. MINIMUM
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QUALIFICATIONS OF DENTAL APPLICANT. || || ||
(a) An applicant for a license to practice dentistry must:
|| || || || || || || || ||
(1) be at least 21 years of age; and
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(2) present proof of:
|| || ||
(A) graduation from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
American Dental Association; or || || ||
(B) graduation from a dental school that is not accredited by the commission and successful
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
completion of training in an American Dental Association approved specialty in an education || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
program accredited by the commission that consists of at least two years of training as specified
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
by the Council on Dental Education.
|| || || || ||
(b) The board shall grant a dental license to an applicant who:
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
(1) meets the qualifications of this section;
|| || || || || ||
(2) pays an application fee set by the board; and
|| || || || || || || || ||
(3) satisfactorily passes the examination required by the board.
|| || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
1420, Sec. 14.079(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
|| || || || || ||
Amended by: ||
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The maximum number of offices a Texas-licensed dentist may legally maintain is: - ✔✔Sec.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
259.004. DUTIES OF DENTIST IN CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTUAL || || || || || || || || ||
ARRANGEMENTS. (a) A person providing dental services under an agreement that allows || || || || || || || || || || || ||
another person to control or influence any aspect of the delivery of dental services, including a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
business or professional aspect, shall report to the board on request and in accordance with board
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
rules:
(1) information concerning the agreement;
|| || || ||
(2) the manner in which patients are billed;
|| || || || || || ||
(3) the manner in which the dental service provider is paid and any information provided to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
patients concerning payment agreements; and || || || ||
(4) information concerning the service provider agreement provided to shareholders of
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
organizations contracting with a dental service provider. || || || || || ||
(b) A person who practices dentistry and has another dentist practicing with or under the person is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
responsible for all professional acts performed under the name of the person, regardless of || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
whether the dentist has an ownership interest or an employment or contractual relationship. This
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
section does not affect an individual license holder's responsibilities and rights under this subtitle.
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(c) A statute relating to the practice of dentistry in this state may not be construed to prohibit a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
licensed dentist from maintaining more than one office in this state if the dentist:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(1) assumes full legal responsibility and liability for the dental services provided in each office;
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
and
(2) complies with the requirements prescribed by board rules.
|| || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
The minimum age to practice dental hygiene in the State of Texas is: - ✔✔Sec. 256.053.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. (a) An applicant for a license to practice dental hygiene in this || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
state must be: || ||
(1) at least 18 years of age;
|| || || || || ||
(2) a graduate of an accredited high school or hold a certificate of high school equivalency; and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(3) a graduate of a recognized school of dentistry or dental hygiene accredited by the Commission
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and approved by the board or an
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
alternative dental hygiene training program. || || || ||
(b) A school of dentistry or dental hygiene described by Subsection (a)(3) must include at least
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
two full academic years of instruction or its equivalent at the postsecondary level.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
1420, Sec. 14.080(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1470, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
2001.
Amended by: ||
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A dentist may legally delegate to a qualified and properly trained dental assistant the following
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
procedures: - ✔✔Sec. 258.001. IMPERMISSIBLE DELEGATIONS. A dentist may not delegate: || || || || || || || || || ||
(1) an act to an individual who, by board order, is prohibited from performing the act;
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(2) any of the following acts to a person not licensed as a dentist or dental hygienist:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(A) the removal of calculus, deposits, or accretions from the natural and restored surfaces of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
exposed human teeth and restorations in the human mouth; || || || || || || || ||
(B) root planing or the smoothing and polishing of roughened root surfaces or exposed human
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
teeth; or ||
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(C) any other act the delegation of which is prohibited by board rule;
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
(3) any of the following acts to a person not licensed as a dentist:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(A) comprehensive examination or diagnosis and treatment planning;
|| || || || || || ||
(B) a surgical or cutting procedure on hard or soft tissue;
|| || || || || || || || || ||
(C) the prescription of a drug, medication, or work authorization;
|| || || || || || || || ||
(D) the taking of an impression for a final restoration, appliance, or prosthesis;
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
(E) the making of an intraoral occlusal adjustment;
|| || || || || || ||
(F) direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, or any other endodontic procedure;
|| || || || || || || || ||
(G) the final placement and intraoral adjustment of a fixed or removable appliance; or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(H) the placement of any final restoration; or
|| || || || || || ||
(4) the authority to an individual to administer a local anesthetic agent, inhalation sedative agent,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
parenteral sedative agent, or general anesthetic agent if the individual is not licensed as:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(A) a dentist with a permit issued by the board for the procedure being performed, if a permit is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
required;
(B) a certified registered nurse anesthetist licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing, only if the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
delegating dentist holds a permit issued by the board for the procedure being performed, if a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
permit is required; or || || ||
(C) a physician anesthesiologist licensed by the Texas Medical Board.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Amended by: ||
Acts 2007, 80th Le || || ||
When administering Level One - Minimal Sedation, a time-oriented sedation record is required. -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔(a) Education and Professional Requirements. A dentist applying for a Level 1 Minimal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Sedation permit shall meet one of the following educational/professional criteria:
|| || || || || || || || ||
(1) satisfactory completion of training to the level of competency in minimal sedation consistent
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
with that prescribed in the American Dental Association (ADA) Guidelines for Teaching Pain
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Control and Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students, or a comprehensive training program in
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
minimal sedation that satisfies the requirements described in the ADA Guidelines for Teaching
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Texas Jurisprudence Dental Exam with verified detailed || || || || || || ||
solutions
The State Board of Dental Examiners may not suspend a license for any reason without a due
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
process hearing. - ✔✔Sec. 263.004. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION IN EMERGENCY. (a) If the
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
board or an executive committee of the board determines from the evidence or information
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
presented that the continued practice by a person licensed under this subtitle, or the continued
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
performance by a person licensed under this subtitle of a procedure for which the person holds a || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
permit issued by the board, would constitute a clear, imminent, or continuing threat to a person's
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
physical health or well-being, the board or the executive committee shall temporarily suspend the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
person's license or permit, as applicable. || || || || ||
(b) The board may not temporarily suspend a license or permit under this section without notice
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or hearing unless at the time of the temporary suspension the board or the executive committee
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
requests the State Office of Administrative Hearings to set a date for a hearing on the temporary
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suspension.
(c) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing not later than the 30th day
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
after the date the license or permit is suspended unless the license or permit holder requests a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
continuance. The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a second hearing on the || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suspension and on any other action to be taken against the license or permit holder not later than
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the 60th day after:
|| || ||
(1) the date the license or permit is temporarily suspended; or
|| || || || || || || || || ||
(2) the date specified in the continuance requested by the license or permit holder.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(d) If the State Office of Administrative Hearings does not hold a hearing within the time
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
provided by Subsection (c), the suspended license or permit is automatically reinstated.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
1249, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
|| || || || || ||
Amended by: ||
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 810 (S.B. 610), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
An applicant for licensure to practice dentistry must be at least: - ✔✔Sec. 256.002. MINIMUM
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
QUALIFICATIONS OF DENTAL APPLICANT. || || ||
(a) An applicant for a license to practice dentistry must:
|| || || || || || || || ||
(1) be at least 21 years of age; and
|| || || || || || || ||
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(2) present proof of:
|| || ||
(A) graduation from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
American Dental Association; or || || ||
(B) graduation from a dental school that is not accredited by the commission and successful
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
completion of training in an American Dental Association approved specialty in an education || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
program accredited by the commission that consists of at least two years of training as specified
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
by the Council on Dental Education.
|| || || || ||
(b) The board shall grant a dental license to an applicant who:
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
(1) meets the qualifications of this section;
|| || || || || ||
(2) pays an application fee set by the board; and
|| || || || || || || || ||
(3) satisfactorily passes the examination required by the board.
|| || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
1420, Sec. 14.079(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
|| || || || || ||
Amended by: ||
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The maximum number of offices a Texas-licensed dentist may legally maintain is: - ✔✔Sec.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
259.004. DUTIES OF DENTIST IN CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTUAL || || || || || || || || ||
ARRANGEMENTS. (a) A person providing dental services under an agreement that allows || || || || || || || || || || || ||
another person to control or influence any aspect of the delivery of dental services, including a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
business or professional aspect, shall report to the board on request and in accordance with board
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
rules:
(1) information concerning the agreement;
|| || || ||
(2) the manner in which patients are billed;
|| || || || || || ||
(3) the manner in which the dental service provider is paid and any information provided to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
patients concerning payment agreements; and || || || ||
(4) information concerning the service provider agreement provided to shareholders of
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
organizations contracting with a dental service provider. || || || || || ||
(b) A person who practices dentistry and has another dentist practicing with or under the person is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
responsible for all professional acts performed under the name of the person, regardless of || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
whether the dentist has an ownership interest or an employment or contractual relationship. This
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
section does not affect an individual license holder's responsibilities and rights under this subtitle.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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(c) A statute relating to the practice of dentistry in this state may not be construed to prohibit a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
licensed dentist from maintaining more than one office in this state if the dentist:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(1) assumes full legal responsibility and liability for the dental services provided in each office;
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
and
(2) complies with the requirements prescribed by board rules.
|| || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
The minimum age to practice dental hygiene in the State of Texas is: - ✔✔Sec. 256.053.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. (a) An applicant for a license to practice dental hygiene in this || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
state must be: || ||
(1) at least 18 years of age;
|| || || || || ||
(2) a graduate of an accredited high school or hold a certificate of high school equivalency; and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(3) a graduate of a recognized school of dentistry or dental hygiene accredited by the Commission
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and approved by the board or an
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
alternative dental hygiene training program. || || || ||
(b) A school of dentistry or dental hygiene described by Subsection (a)(3) must include at least
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
two full academic years of instruction or its equivalent at the postsecondary level.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
1420, Sec. 14.080(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1470, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
2001.
Amended by: ||
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A dentist may legally delegate to a qualified and properly trained dental assistant the following
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
procedures: - ✔✔Sec. 258.001. IMPERMISSIBLE DELEGATIONS. A dentist may not delegate: || || || || || || || || || ||
(1) an act to an individual who, by board order, is prohibited from performing the act;
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(2) any of the following acts to a person not licensed as a dentist or dental hygienist:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(A) the removal of calculus, deposits, or accretions from the natural and restored surfaces of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
exposed human teeth and restorations in the human mouth; || || || || || || || ||
(B) root planing or the smoothing and polishing of roughened root surfaces or exposed human
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
teeth; or ||
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(C) any other act the delegation of which is prohibited by board rule;
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
(3) any of the following acts to a person not licensed as a dentist:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(A) comprehensive examination or diagnosis and treatment planning;
|| || || || || || ||
(B) a surgical or cutting procedure on hard or soft tissue;
|| || || || || || || || || ||
(C) the prescription of a drug, medication, or work authorization;
|| || || || || || || || ||
(D) the taking of an impression for a final restoration, appliance, or prosthesis;
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
(E) the making of an intraoral occlusal adjustment;
|| || || || || || ||
(F) direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, or any other endodontic procedure;
|| || || || || || || || ||
(G) the final placement and intraoral adjustment of a fixed or removable appliance; or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(H) the placement of any final restoration; or
|| || || || || || ||
(4) the authority to an individual to administer a local anesthetic agent, inhalation sedative agent,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
parenteral sedative agent, or general anesthetic agent if the individual is not licensed as:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
(A) a dentist with a permit issued by the board for the procedure being performed, if a permit is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
required;
(B) a certified registered nurse anesthetist licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing, only if the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
delegating dentist holds a permit issued by the board for the procedure being performed, if a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
permit is required; or || || ||
(C) a physician anesthesiologist licensed by the Texas Medical Board.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Amended by: ||
Acts 2007, 80th Le || || ||
When administering Level One - Minimal Sedation, a time-oriented sedation record is required. -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔(a) Education and Professional Requirements. A dentist applying for a Level 1 Minimal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Sedation permit shall meet one of the following educational/professional criteria:
|| || || || || || || || ||
(1) satisfactory completion of training to the level of competency in minimal sedation consistent
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
with that prescribed in the American Dental Association (ADA) Guidelines for Teaching Pain
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Control and Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students, or a comprehensive training program in
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
minimal sedation that satisfies the requirements described in the ADA Guidelines for Teaching
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
