Tex. Occ. Code § 266.201 · Subchapter E. PRACTICE BY REGISTRATION HOLDER
PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A dentist who orders a dental laboratory service shall prepare and deliver to the dental laboratory a prescription or work order for the service to be performed.
(b) The prescription or work order must contain:
(1) the signature and Texas dental license number of the dentist;
(2) the date the prescription or work order is signed;
(3) the patient's name; and
(4) a description of the dental laboratory service ordered.
(c) A dentist shall keep a copy of each prescription or work order at the dentist's office in a separate file for two years for inspection by the board's officers, agents, or employees.
(d) A dentist shall label as provided by board rule a removable dental prosthesis fabricated in this state by the dentist or by a person under a prescription or work order prepared by the dentist.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1240, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.266.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 a3316962867a38d3afdb85659c0bea7021f444a9b6259875d3b316722d3cbff4
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 266.201. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.