Sec. 266.001. DEFINITIONS

In this chapter:

(1) "Council" means the Dental Laboratory Certification Council.

(2) "Dental laboratory" means a place in which a person performs or offers to perform a dental laboratory service.

(3) "Dental laboratory service" means:

(A) the making, assembly, processing, production, repair, relining, or adjustment of a prosthetic or orthodontic dental appliance, a full or partial denture, a fixed or removable dental bridge, a dental plate of false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process; or

(B) the fitting of a dental appliance, a denture, a bridge, a plate, false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for the human teeth, gums, or jaws to or on a dental model, impression, or cast of any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process.

(4) "Dental technician" means a person who performs, offers to perform, or aids, abets, or causes another to perform or offer to perform a dental laboratory service.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.