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Dental Practice Committee adopts rule changes (readopt chapters, removes lead-apron requirement) and discusses publication of enforcement/licensing data
Summary
The Dental Practice Committee readopted chapters 108 and 112 and approved amendments including removal of a lead-apron radiography requirement; it also debated whether enforcement and licensing data should be published as a single annual report and directed staff to organize data access without imposing an extra annual publication burden on staff.
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Dental Practice Committee of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners approved readoption of chapters 108 (Professional Conduct) and 112 (Visual Dental Health Inspections) and adopted several rule amendments proposed at the board's Nov. 8, 2024 meeting.
Miss Studdard, board staff, led the discussion and noted that no public comments were received on many of the proposed changes. The committee adopted 22 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 111.1 (additional continuing education required) and approved amendments to 108.42 (obtaining a mobile dental facility permit) and 113.2 (X-ray laboratories) removing the lead apron requirement from those rules; the Texas Academy of General Dentistry (TAGD) had…
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