83R1484 EES-D
 
  By: Fletcher H.B. No. 405
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to testimony by members and former 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) 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 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.