Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 258 - Practice By Dentist

SUBCHAPTER A DELEGATION BY DENTIST

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 258.002 - Delegation To Dental Assistant
  (a) A licensed dentist may delegate to a qualified and trained dental assistant acting under the dentist's general or direct supervision any dental act that...

SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL PRACTICE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 258.003 - Responsibility Of Delegating Dentist
  A delegating dentist is responsible for a dental act performed by the person to whom the dentist delegates the act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 258.051 - Dentist Records
  (a) The records of a diagnosis made and treatment performed for and on a dental patient are the property of the dentist performing the dental...
• Texas Section 258.0511 - Access To Dental Records
  (a) An owner, shareholder, partner, or executive officer of a clinic or other entity that provides dental services for the public shall designate a license...
• Texas Section 258.052 - Case Histories And Physical Evaluations
  (a) A dentist may take a complete case history and perform a complete physical evaluation that may be used to admit a patient to a...
• Texas Section 258.053 - Use Of Certain Drugs
  (a) In this section, "narcotic drugs," "dangerous drugs," and "controlled substances" have the meanings defined or recognized by federal law or the law of this...
• Texas Section 258.054 - Use Of X-ray Equipment
  (a) A dentist may authorize a qualified person to perform beam calibration and characterization, quality assurance, instrument specification, acceptance testing, shielding design, or protection analysis...

SUBCHAPTER C DENTAL PRIVILEGE

• Texas Section 258.055 - Practice Of Dentistry On Certain Children
  (a) The parent or guardian of a child younger than 18 years of age may be present in the treatment room during the child's dental...
• Texas Section 258.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Dental record" means dental information about a patient: (A) created or maintained by a dentist; and (B) relating to the history...
• Texas Section 258.102 - Scope Of Privilege
  (a) The following information is privileged and may not be disclosed except as provided by this subchapter: (1) a communication between a dentist and a...
• Texas Section 258.103 - Holder Of Privilege
  (a) The patient is the holder of the privilege. (b) The following persons may claim the privilege on the patient's behalf: (1) a person authorized...
• Texas Section 258.104 - Consent To Disclosure Of Privileged Information
  (a) A person may disclose privileged information if the patient consents to the disclosure as provided in this section. (b) Consent for the release of...
• Texas Section 258.105 - Exception To Privilege For Certain Proceedings
  (a) The privilege does not apply in a court or administrative proceeding if the proceeding is: (1) brought by the patient against a dentist, including...
• Texas Section 258.106 - Exception To Privilege For Certain Disclosures By Dentist
  (a) The privilege does not apply to the disclosure of information by a dentist to: (1) a governmental agency, if: (A) the disclosure is required...
• Texas Section 258.107 - Exception To Privilege For Certain Legislative Inquiries
  A state hospital or state school may disclose a dental record if: (1) the state hospital or state school created the record; (2) an inquiry...
• Texas Section 258.108 - Limit On Disclosure
  A person who receives privileged information may disclose the information to another person only to the extent consistent with the purpose for which the information...

SUBCHAPTER D ENTERAL ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA

• Texas Section 258.109 - Request For Dental Record: Timing; Exception
  (a) If disclosure of a dental record is authorized under this subchapter, a dentist shall disclose the dental record within a reasonable period after it...
• Texas Section 258.151 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "enteral" means any technique of administering anesthesia in which the anesthetic is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract or oral mucosa. Examples of...
• Texas Section 258.152 - Applicability
  Rules adopted by the board under this subchapter do not apply to: (1) the regional injection of an anesthetic to reduce or eliminate sensation, especially...
• Texas Section 258.153 - Rules
  (a) The board shall establish by rule the minimum standards for the enteral administration of anesthesia by a dentist. (b) The rules must be designed...
• Texas Section 258.154 - Compliance With Anesthesia Rules
  (a) On and after August 31, 2002, a dentist who practices dentistry in this state and who enterally administers anesthesia or performs a procedure for...
• Texas Section 258.155 - Annual Permit
  (a) Not later than September 1, 2002, the board shall require each dentist who enterally administers anesthesia or performs a procedure for which anesthesia is...
• Texas Section 258.156 - Inspections
  (a) The board may conduct inspections to enforce this subchapter, including inspections of an office site and of documents of a dentist's practice that relate...
• Texas Section 258.157 - Requests For Inspection And Advisory Opinion
  (a) The board may consider a request by a dentist for an on-site inspection. The board may, in its discretion and on payment of a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016