Bill Text: TX HB1201 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - Left pending in committee [HB1201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1201-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 1201 |
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relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 258.001, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 258.001. [ |
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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 | ||
(C) any other act the delegation of which is | ||
prohibited by board rule; or | ||
(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. | ||
(b) A dentist may delegate[ |
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local anesthetic agent, inhalation sedative agent, parenteral | ||
sedative agent, or general anesthetic agent if the individual is | ||
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licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing, only if the delegating | ||
dentist holds a permit issued by the board for the procedure being | ||
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the Texas Medical Board; or | ||
(4) a dental hygienist, only if: | ||
(A) the procedure is the administration of a | ||
local anesthetic agent under Section 262.002(a)(6); | ||
(B) the dental hygienist has passed a | ||
certification examination approved by the board; and | ||
(C) the dental hygienist: | ||
(i) has completed a course approved by the | ||
board to train dental hygienists to administer local anesthetic | ||
agents; or | ||
(ii) has been licensed in good standing | ||
within the past year to administer local anesthetic agents: | ||
(a) by a branch of the United States | ||
armed forces; or | ||
(b) by another state. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 262.002(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person practices dental hygiene if the person: | ||
(1) removes accumulated matter, tartar, deposits, | ||
accretions, or stains, other than mottled enamel stains, from the | ||
natural and restored surface of exposed human teeth and | ||
restorations in the human mouth; | ||
(2) smoothes roughened root surfaces; | ||
(3) polishes exposed human teeth, restorations in the | ||
human mouth, or roughened root surfaces; | ||
(4) topically applies drugs to the surface tissues of | ||
the human mouth or the exposed surface of human teeth; | ||
(5) makes dental x-rays; [ |
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(6) administers intraoral block or infiltration | ||
anesthesia under the authorization and direct supervision of a | ||
dentist; and | ||
(7) performs any other service, task, or procedure | ||
prescribed by board rule. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The State Board of Dental Examiners, not | ||
later than January 1, 2018, shall: | ||
(1) prescribe by rule the requirements for a course to | ||
train dental hygienists to administer local anesthetic agents; and | ||
(2) develop a procedure for the approval of courses | ||
described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection. | ||
(b) A rule adopted under Subsection (a) of this section must | ||
require that a course be offered in a classroom setting at an | ||
educational institution accredited by the Commission on Dental | ||
Accreditation of the American Dental Association. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |