By: Cosper, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 2007
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs & Border Security; May 11, 2017, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing and regulation of certain military
dentists and dental hygienists who provide voluntary charity dental
or dental hygiene care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 256, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 256.1017 to read as follows:
Sec. 256.1017. MILITARY LIMITED VOLUNTEER LICENSE. (a)
The board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a military
limited volunteer license under this section.
(b) The board may issue a military limited volunteer license
to practice dentistry to a dentist or a military limited volunteer
license to practice dental hygiene to a dental hygienist who:
(1) is licensed and in good standing, or was licensed
and retired in good standing, as a dentist or dental hygienist in
another state;
(2) is or was authorized as a dentist or dental
hygienist to treat personnel enlisted in a branch of the United
States armed forces or veterans; and
(3) meets any other requirement prescribed by board
rule.
(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to
an applicant who:
(1) holds a dental or dental hygienist license that:
(A) is currently under active investigation; or
(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or
action or to denial by another jurisdiction;
(2) holds a license to prescribe, dispense,
administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:
(A) is currently under active investigation; or
(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or
action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or
(3) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication
community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under
active investigation for the commission of:
(A) a felony; or
(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
(d) A dentist or dental hygienist may practice dentistry or
dental hygiene under a license issued under this section only at a
clinic that primarily treats indigent patients. The dentist or
dental hygienist may not receive compensation for dental or dental
hygiene services rendered at the clinic.
(e) A military limited volunteer license holder is subject
to board rules, including rules regarding disciplinary action,
license registration and renewal, and continuing education.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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