Bill Text: TX HB543 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to Public Health [HB543 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB543-Introduced.html
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| By: Callegari | H.B. No. 543 | |
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| relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry and oral and | ||
| maxillofacial surgery. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 151.052(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This subtitle does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a dentist, licensed under the laws of this state, | ||
| engaged strictly in the practice of dentistry, including the | ||
| practice of the dental specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery | ||
| as described by Section 251.003(c), regardless of whether the | ||
| dentist is also a licensed physician; | ||
| (2) a licensed optometrist or therapeutic optometrist | ||
| engaged strictly in the practice of optometry or therapeutic | ||
| optometry as defined by law; | ||
| (3) a licensed chiropractor engaged strictly in the | ||
| practice of chiropractic as defined by law; | ||
| (4) a registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse | ||
| engaged strictly in the practice of nursing in accordance with the | ||
| applicable licensing acts and other laws of this state; | ||
| (5) a licensed podiatrist engaged strictly in the | ||
| practice of podiatry as defined by law; | ||
| (6) a licensed or certified psychologist engaged | ||
| strictly in the practice of psychology as defined by law; | ||
| (7) a licensed physical therapist engaged strictly in | ||
| the practice of physical therapy in accordance with the law | ||
| relating to physical therapy practice; | ||
| (8) a commissioned or contract surgeon in the United | ||
| States uniformed services or Public Health Service in the | ||
| performance of that person's duties if the person is not engaged in | ||
| private practice; | ||
| (9) a person who furnishes medical assistance in an | ||
| emergency or disaster situation if no charge is made for the medical | ||
| assistance; | ||
| (10) a student in training in a board-approved medical | ||
| school while performing, under the supervision of a licensed | ||
| practitioner, the duties assigned in the course of training; | ||
| (11) a legally qualified physician of another state | ||
| who is in this state for consultation with a physician licensed in | ||
| this state but who does not: | ||
| (A) maintain an office in this state; or | ||
| (B) appoint a place in this state for seeing, | ||
| examining, or treating a patient; or | ||
| (12) any other activity that the board designates as | ||
| exempt from the application of this subtitle. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 151.052(a), Occupations Code, applies only to an act or omission in | ||
| the practice of dentistry, including oral and maxillofacial | ||
| surgery, occurring on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| act or omission occurring before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the act or omission | ||
| occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
