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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 5STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 114EXTENSION OF DUTIES OF AUXILIARY PERSONNEL--DENTAL ASSISTANTS
RULE §114.2Registration of Dental Assistants
ISSUE 07/10/2009
ACTION Proposed
Rule Withdrawn: 07/01/2009
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)Beginning on September 1, 2004, a dental assistant may not position or expose dental x-rays unless the dental assistant holds [either] a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Dental Examiners under this section[, or was issued a certification under former §115.10 (now recodified as §114.10) prior to September 1, 2004. This section shall expire in its entirety on September 1, 2006].

(b)To be eligible for a certificate of registration as a dental assistant this section, an applicant must present on or accompanying an application form approved by the State Board of Dental Examiners proof of satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has:

  (1) - (2)(No change.)

   (3)Either:

    (A)taken and passed a course of instruction [ an examination] administered by the State Board of Dental Examiners or its designated agent, that covers:

      (i) - (iii)(No change.)

    (B)if the applicant is certified as a dental assistant by the Dental Assisting National Board, taken and passed a jurisprudence assessment [examination] administered by the State Board of Dental Examiners or its designated agent.

(c) - (g)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 29, 2009

TRD-200902656

Sherri Sanders Meek

Executive Director

State Board of Dental Examiners

Earliest possible date of adoption: August 9, 2009

For further information, please call: (512) 475-0972

 

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