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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 5STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 111STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
RULE §111.4Prescription Monitoring by the Board
ISSUE 10/13/2017
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)The Board shall promulgate specific guidelines for dentists for the responsible prescribing of opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol.

 (b)The Board shall periodically access a dentist's prescription information through the Texas State Board of Pharmacy's Prescription Monitoring Program to determine whether the dentist is engaging in potentially harmful prescribing patterns or practices. This determination will be based on:

  (1)the number of times a dentist prescribes opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol; and

   (2)patterns of prescribing combinations of those drugs and other dangerous combinations identified by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.

 (c)The Board shall notify a dentist if the agency discovers that the dentist may be engaging in potentially harmful prescribing patterns or practices.

(d)The Board may initiate an investigation of a dentist if the agency finds evidence during a periodic check that the dentist is engaging in conduct that violates any laws or rules related to the practice of dentistry.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on September 29, 2017

TRD-201703947

Kelly Parker

Executive Director

State Board of Dental Examiners

Earliest possible date of adoption: November 12, 2017

For further information, please call: (512) 475-0977

 

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