1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 368
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 16, 1993; February 17, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
1-4 Services; March 23, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 23, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Zaffirini x
1-9 Ellis x
1-10 Madla x
1-11 Moncrief x
1-12 Nelson x
1-13 Patterson x
1-14 Shelley x
1-15 Truan x
1-16 Wentworth x
1-17 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Moncrief
1-18 Amend S.B. No. 368 by deleting Section 1; renumber remaining
1-19 sections accordingly.
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Article 4543b, Revised Statutes, is amended to
1-25 read as follows:
1-26 Art. 4543b. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Board of Dental
1-27 Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
1-28 Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
1-29 the board is abolished September 1, 2005 <1993>.
1-30 SECTION 2. Article 4551g, Revised Statutes, is amended to
1-31 read as follows:
1-32 Art. 4551g. PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED. From and after the
1-33 effective date of this Act every dentist requiring the making,
1-34 fabricating, processing, constructing, producing, reproducing,
1-35 duplicating, repairing, relining, or fixing of any full or partial
1-36 denture, any fixed or removable dental bridge or appliance, any
1-37 dental plate or plates of false teeth, any artificial dental
1-38 restoration or any substitute or corrective device or appliance for
1-39 the human teeth, gums, jaws, mouth, alveolar process, or any part
1-40 thereof, shall prepare and deliver a prescription or work-order for
1-41 same directed to the person, firm, or association, or other
1-42 business entity which is to perform such work or service and such
1-43 work-order or prescription shall contain (1) the signature and
1-44 Texas dental license number of such dentist; (2) the date such was
1-45 signed; (3) the name and address of the patient for whom the act or
1-46 service is ordered; and (4) a description of the kind and type of
1-47 act, service, or material ordered. It shall be the duty of each
1-48 dentist to keep a copy of each work-order or prescription for a
1-49 period of two years, and maintain a separate file therefor in his
1-50 dental office which shall be available for inspection by the
1-51 officers, agents, or employees of the Texas State Board of Dental
1-52 Examiners. In addition, it shall be the duty of each dentist to
1-53 label each removable dental prosthesis fabricated in this state by
1-54 the dentist or pursuant to a work-order or prescription prepared by
1-55 him as the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners may by rule
1-56 require.
1-57 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-58 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-59 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-60 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-61 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-62 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-63 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-64 * * * * *
1-65 Austin,
1-66 Texas
1-67 March 23, 1993
1-68 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-1 President of the Senate
2-2 Sir:
2-3 We, your Committee on Health and Human Services to which was
2-4 referred S.B. No. 368, have had the same under consideration, and I
2-5 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
2-6 recommendation that it do pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-7 Zaffirini,
2-8 Chair
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2-10 WITNESSES
2-11 FOR AGAINST ON
2-12 ___________________________________________________________________
2-13 Name: David Holland x
2-14 Representing: Sunset Advisory Commission
2-15 City: Austin
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2-17 Name: Steve Renfrow x
2-18 Representing: Texas Dental Hyg. Assn
2-19 City: Austin
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2-21 Name: Sally Hanners x
2-22 Representing: Texas Dental Assn
2-23 City: Austin
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2-25 Name: Joey Longley x
2-26 Representing: Sunset Commission
2-27 City: Austin
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