By: Nelson S.B. No. 196
(In the Senate - Filed January 14, 2005; February 1, 2005,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
Services; March 3, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 3, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of voluntary charity care by certain
retired dentists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 256.102, Occupations Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(c) A license holder on retired status:
(1) is not required to pay license renewal fees; and
(2) except as provided by Subsection (f), may not
perform any activity regulated under this subtitle.
(f) A dentist on retired status may perform an activity
regulated under this subtitle if the dentist's practice consists
only of voluntary charity care, as defined by board rule. The
board's rules under this subsection must prescribe the scope of
practice permitted for the retired dentist, the retired dentist's
authority to prescribe and administer drugs, and any continuing
education requirements applicable to the retired dentist.
SECTION 2. The State Board of Dental Examiners shall adopt
rules under Subsection (f), Section 256.102, Occupations Code, as
added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2006.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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