Bill Text: TX SB1130 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary licensing of a dentist who performs voluntary charity care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-11 - Committee report printed and distributed [SB1130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1130-Comm_Sub.html
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1130 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2013; March 12, 2013, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; | ||
April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 11, 2013, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1130 | By: Schwertner |
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relating to the temporary licensing of a dentist who performs | ||
voluntary charity 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 256.1016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 256.1016. TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE. | ||
(a) In this section, "voluntary charity care" has the meaning | ||
assigned by board rule under Section 256.102. | ||
(b) The board shall grant a temporary license for a dentist | ||
whose practice consists only of voluntary charity care to a | ||
reputable dentist who meets the requirements of Sections | ||
256.101(a)(3), (4), and (5) and who: | ||
(1) ceased practicing dentistry in this state, or in | ||
another state that the board has determined has licensing | ||
requirements that are substantially similar to the requirements of | ||
this state, not more than two years before the date the dentist | ||
applies for a license under this section and was licensed in good | ||
standing at the time the dentist ceased practicing dentistry; or | ||
(2) is currently licensed in another state that the | ||
board has determined has licensing requirements that are | ||
substantially similar to the requirements of this state. | ||
(c) A dentist issued a license under this section shall: | ||
(1) confine the dentist's practice to voluntary | ||
charity care; | ||
(2) practice only in a geographic area specified by | ||
the license; and | ||
(3) practice only for the period specified by the | ||
license. | ||
(d) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
(e) The board shall take disciplinary action against a | ||
dentist licensed under this section for a violation of this | ||
subtitle or board rules in the same manner as against a dentist | ||
licensed under Subchapter A. | ||
SECTION 2. The State Board of Dental Examiners shall adopt | ||
rules as necessary to implement Section 256.1016, Occupations Code, | ||
as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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