Bill Text: TX HB1825 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education requirements for dentists regarding pain management with certain prescription medications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Public Health [HB1825 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1825-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 1825 | |
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| relating to continuing education requirements for dentists | ||
| regarding pain management with certain prescription medications. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 257.005, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and | ||
| (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The board shall require a licensed dentist whose | ||
| practice includes direct patient care to complete, in accordance | ||
| with this section, not less than two hours of board-approved | ||
| continuing education [ |
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| management related to the prescription of opioids and other | ||
| controlled substances, including education regarding: | ||
| (1) reasonable standards of care; | ||
| (2) the identification of drug-seeking behavior in | ||
| patients; and | ||
| (3) effectively communicating with patients regarding | ||
| the prescription of an opioid or other controlled substance. | ||
| (d) A dentist must complete the hours required by Subsection | ||
| (b-1) in each of the first two renewal periods following the | ||
| issuance of the dentist's initial license, with two of those hours | ||
| to be completed not later than the first anniversary of the date of | ||
| issuance. | ||
| (e) After the period described by Subsection (d), a dentist | ||
| must complete not less than two hours of continuing education | ||
| described by Subsection (b-1) every eight years. | ||
| (f) The hours required by this section may be completed in | ||
| any continuing education program approved by the board. | ||
| (g) Notwithstanding Subsections (d) and (e), a dentist who | ||
| on September 1, 2021, holds a license to practice under this | ||
| subtitle shall complete not less than two hours of continuing | ||
| education described by Subsection (b-1) in each of the two renewal | ||
| periods occurring after that date. This subsection expires January | ||
| 1, 2026. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the State | ||
| Board of Dental Examiners shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 257.005, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| (b) Section 257.005, Occupations Code, as amended by this | ||
| Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a license | ||
| submitted on or after January 1, 2022. A renewal application | ||
| submitted before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
