Gov. Rick Perry has appointed seven members to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Renee Cornett of Austin is a licensed dental hygienist and chair of the Austin Community College Department of Dental Hygiene. She is a member of the American Dental Education Association, American Dental Hygiene Association and Texas Dental Hygiene Directors’ Association. She [...]
Adopted Rules re:
Professional Conduct-Anesthesia and Anesthetic Agents. The repeal of Chapter 108, Subchapter C is adopted in order to publish revised anesthesia and sedation rules. Concurrent with this is the adoption of new anesthesia rules contained in new Chapter 110 regarding: Effective Date, Definitions, Minimum Standard of Care, Anesthesia, Sedation/Anesthesia Permit, Permit Requirements and Clinical Provisions, [...]
It is time to renew and when you review the questions asked by the Board on the renewal paperwork, you see the question about a potential criminal history and have no clue what you should do and what you should not do. The best answer is to call an experienced administrative lawyer. There is no [...]
On Sunday, April 10, 2011, the Austin American-Statesman printed an article by Eric Dexheimer, Licensing handcuffs ex-cons. The article focuses on a problem our firm attorneys face frequently with clients — licensees or potential licensees are disciplined for criminal incidents which may have nothing to do with their licensed occupation or the discipline is too [...]
Gov. Rick Perry has named Tamela “Tammy” Gough of McKinney chair of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor. The board oversees licensing and regulation of dental care providers in Texas and enforces Texas laws regulating the practice of dentistry.
Gough is a pediatric dentist [...]
On December 7th, the Governor, the Lt. Governor, and the Speaker of House sent a letter to all state agencies, including all the health licensing board, and directed them to cut 2.5% of their budget for rest of the 2011 Fiscal Year. The FY 2011 began on September 1st. The FY 2011 began with a [...]
A New SBDE Disciplinary Matrix was developed in accordance with Texas Occupations Code. It is organized by violation type in tiers, takes into account aggravating and mitigating circumstances. First tier offenses are considered not serious versus Fourth Tier which are serious and could harm the public. There is a listing of corresponding sanctions that are [...]
On May 21, 2010, the Texas Board of Dental Examiners posted new proposed rules involving the following (the proposed rules may be found at the Texas Register):
GENERAL PROVISIONS
22 TAC §100.10
DENTAL HYGIENE LICENSURE
22 TAC §103.5
DENTAL BOARD PROCEDURES
22 TAC §§107.11, 107.15, 107.17, 107.21 – 107.25, 107.47, 107.48, 107.50, [...]
The following rules were posted for adoption in the Texas Register (earliest possible date is June 20, 2010) and they expand the regulatory reach of the Texas Dental Board (the underline is the new language and the strikeout is the old language of the rules):
§108.9.Dishonorable Conduct.
The dishonorable conduct section is intended to protect the [...]