83R21417 EES-D
 
  By: Fletcher H.B. No. 405
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 405:
 
  By:  Naishtat C.S.H.B. No. 405
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to testimony by members of the State Board of Dental
  Examiners.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 254.018, Occupations Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 254.018.  [EXPERT] TESTIMONY. A 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 malpractice [unless the member receives approval
  from the board or an executive committee of the board to serve as an
  expert witness].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.