By: Armbrister S.B. No. 368 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Article 4551g, Revised Statutes, is amended to 1-4 read as follows: 1-5 Art. 4551g. PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED. From and after the 1-6 effective date of this Act every dentist requiring the making, 1-7 fabricating, processing, constructing, producing, reproducing, 1-8 duplicating, repairing, relining, or fixing of any full or partial 1-9 denture, any fixed or removable dental bridge or appliance, any 1-10 dental plate or plates of false teeth, any artificial dental 1-11 restoration or any substitute or corrective device or appliance for 1-12 the human teeth, gums, jaws, mouth, alveolar process, or any part 1-13 thereof, shall prepare and deliver a prescription or work-order for 1-14 same directed to the person, firm, or association, or other 1-15 business entity which is to perform such work or service and such 1-16 work-order or prescription shall contain (1) the signature and 1-17 Texas dental license number of such dentist; (2) the date such was 1-18 signed; (3) the name and address of the patient for whom the act or 1-19 service is ordered; and (4) a description of the kind and type of 1-20 act, service, or material ordered. It shall be the duty of each 1-21 dentist to keep a copy of each work-order or prescription for a 1-22 period of two years, and maintain a separate file therefor in his 1-23 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, it shall be the duty of each dentist to 2-3 label each removable dental prosthesis fabricated in this state by 2-4 the dentist or pursuant to a work-order or prescription prepared by 2-5 him as the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners may by rule 2-6 require. 2-7 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-12 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-13 passage, and it is so enacted.