| (a) Each dental office shall post at or near the entrance
of the office the name of, each degree received by, and each school
attended by each dentist practicing in the office.
(b) A dentist shall practice only under his or her
own name, a company name or a trade name as set forth in Section 259.003
of the Occupations Code. If a dentist uses a trade name, or a company
name, in his or her practice then each patient shall be given the
name of the treating dentist in writing, either prior to or after
each office visit.
(c) Only the names of the dentists who are actually
engaged in the practice of their profession at a particular location
may be used.
(d) The name of a deceased or retired dentist shall
not be used at such location more than one (1) year after the death
or retirement of the dentist. The name of a dentist leaving a location
for any other reason or transferring his or her practice shall not
be used at such location or practice for more than forty (40) days
following departure from the location. However, if the transferring
dentist remains actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the
transferred practice, the acquiring dentist may continue using the
name of the transferring dentist.
(e) If the names of auxiliary personnel, such as dental
hygienists, dental assistants, etc., are displayed in any manner,
the auxiliary personnel must be clearly identified by title, along
with the name of the supervising dentist.
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