Sec. 262.102. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF BOARD. (a) The board shall adopt and enforce rules that are necessary and advisable to carry out the purposes of and to enforce this chapter, including rules relating to professional conduct for dental hygienists.
(b) As necessary to protect public health and safety, the board may adopt and enforce a rule to establish the number of dental hygienists a dentist may employ.
(c) The board may not adopt a rule relating to the practice of dental hygiene before the 31st day after the date the proposed rule is submitted to the advisory committee for review and comment.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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