Texas Register
TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 5STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 108PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
SUBCHAPTER APROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
RULE §108.8Records of the Dentist
ISSUE 02/17/2012
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a) - (b)(No change.)

(c)Further, records must include documentation of the following when services are rendered:

  (1)(No change.)

  (2)Findings and charting of clinical and radiographic oral examination:[;]

    (A)Documentation of radiographs taken and findings deduced from them, including radiograph films or digital reproductions.

    (B)Use of radiographs, at a minimum, should be in accordance with ADA guidelines.

      (C)Documentation of the findings of a thorough tactile and visual examination of the soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity.

   (3) - (12)(No change.)

(d) - (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 January 30, 2012

TRD-201200452

Sherri Meek

Executive Director

State Board of Dental Examiners

Earliest possible date of adoption: March 18, 2012

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

 

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