Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Subtitle D. DENTISTRY |
Chapter 260. OPERATION OF CERTAIN DENTAL PRACTICES |
Sec. 260.001. EMPLOYMENT BY ESTATE OF DENTIST OR PERSON ACTING FOR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT DENTIST
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(a) This subtitle does not prevent a person who is the administrator or executor of the estate of a dentist or a person who is legally authorized to act for a dentist adjudicated to be mentally incompetent from employing a licensed dentist to:
(1) carry on the deceased or mentally incompetent dentist's practice for a reasonable period, as determined by the board; or
(2) conclude the affairs of the practice, including the sale of any assets.
(b) This subtitle does not prevent a licensed dentist from working for a person described by Subsection (a) during the administration of the estate or the period of incompetency.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.