Bill Text: TX SB1534 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental hygienists.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1534 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1534-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental hygienists.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1534 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1534-Introduced.html
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By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1534 |
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relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental | ||
Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental | ||
hygienists. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a | ||
complaint against a license holder if the license holder has | ||
entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five | ||
years [ |
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(f-1) On or after the fifth anniversary of the date a | ||
remedial plan is issued under this section, the board may remove | ||
from the board's public Internet website any public information | ||
regarding the dentist or dental hygienist with respect to the plan | ||
and the complaint resolved by the plan, unless: | ||
(1) the complaint was related to the delivery of | ||
health care; or | ||
(2) more than one remedial plan has been issued to | ||
resolve complaints alleging the same violation by the dentist or | ||
dental hygienist, including a complaint not related to the delivery | ||
of health care. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies to a remedial plan issued by the State Board of | ||
Dental Examiners on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
remedial plan issued before that date is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the plan was issued, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |