H.B. No. 933 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article 4551g, Revised Statutes, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 Art. 4551g. Prescription required. From and after the 1-7 effective date of this Act every dentist requiring the making, 1-8 fabricating, processing, constructing, producing, reproducing, 1-9 duplicating, repairing, relining, or fixing of any full or partial 1-10 denture, any fixed or removable dental bridge or appliance, any 1-11 dental plate or plates of false teeth, any artificial dental 1-12 restoration or any substitute or corrective device or appliance for 1-13 the human teeth, gums, jaws, mouth, alveolar process, or any part 1-14 thereof, shall prepare and deliver a prescription or work-order for 1-15 same directed to the person, firm, or association, or other 1-16 business entity which is to perform such work or service and such 1-17 work-order or prescription shall contain (1) the signature and 1-18 Texas dental license number of such dentist; (2) the date such was 1-19 signed; (3) the name and address of the patient for whom the act 1-20 or service is ordered; and (4) a description of the kind and type 1-21 of act, service, or material ordered. It shall be the duty of each 1-22 dentist to keep a copy of each work-order or prescription for a 1-23 period of two years, and maintain a separate file therefor in his 1-24 dental office which shall be available for inspection by the 2-1 officers, agents, or employees of the Texas State Board of Dental 2-2 Examiners. In addition, a dentist shall label a removable dental 2-3 prosthesis fabricated in this state by the dentist or under a 2-4 work-order or prescription prepared by the dentist as provided by 2-5 rules adopted by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. 2-6 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.