Tex. Lab. Code § 408.0044 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
REVIEW OF DENTAL SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to a dentist who performs dental services under this title as:
(1) a doctor performing peer review of dental services;
(2) a doctor performing a utilization review of a dental service provided to an injured employee;
(3) a doctor performing an independent review of a dental service provided to an injured employee; or
(4) a doctor performing a required dental examination.
(b) A person described by Subsection (a) who reviews a dental service provided in conjunction with a specific workers' compensation case must be licensed to practice dentistry.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1218 (H.B. 2004), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1330 (H.B. 4290), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.408.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Lab. Code § 408.0044. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.0231MAINTENANCE OF LIST OF APPROVED DOCTORS; SANCTIONS AND PRIVILEGES RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.Printed as Section 408.0044
- Tex. Lab. Code § 413.031MEDICAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION.Printed as Section 408.0044
- Tex. Lab. Code § 413.0512MEDICAL QUALITY REVIEW PANEL.Printed as Section 408.0043, 408.0044, or 408.0045
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