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Amend CSSB 23 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS. Section 254.018, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 254.018. [EXPERT] TESTIMONY. (a) A member or former member of the board may not express an oral or written opinion or serve as an expert witness in a suit involving a health care liability claim against a person licensed or registered under this subtitle [dentist] for injury to or death of a patient or for a violation of the standard of care or the commission of professional malpractice [unless the member receives approval from the board or an executive committee of the board to serve as an expert witness].
(b) This section applies to a former member of the board until the second anniversary of the date the member's term expires or the member resigns from the board.