The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (Board) adopts the amendment of §110.2(f)(2)(A), concerning minimum continuing education requirements for dentists administering enteral conscious sedation in the dental office. The amendment is adopted to require a dentist to take a minimum of six hours of continuing education in enteral conscious sedation every three years in order to maintain an enteral conscious sedation permit.

The section is adopted without changes to the proposed text published in the May 26, 2006, issue of the Texas Register (31 TexReg 4325).

Two comments were received in support of the amendment as published.

The section is adopted under Texas Government Code §2001.021 et seq., and Texas Occupations Code §254.001, which provides the Board with the authority to adopt and enforce rules necessary for it to perform its duties.

The adopted section affects Title 3, Subtitle D of the Occupations Code and Title 22, Texas Administrative Code, Chapters 101 - 125.