The State Board of Dental Examiners adopts amendments to §110.4, Effective Date, without changes to the text published in the November 30, 2001, issue of the Texas Register (26 TexReg 9732) and will not be republished.

The rule at subsection (a) and (b) provides that dentists who desire to administer enteral conscious sedation must obtain a permit from the Board not later than September 1, 2002. The date is extended from December 31, 2001 to September 1, 2002 pursuant to Senate Bill 539, 77th Legislature, 2001. The Board, realizing that rule 110.2(f) establishes prerequisite criteria in order to qualify for an enteral conscious permit, proposed the effective date for §110.2 to be September 1, 2002. This is to allow dentists in the state of Texas who do no have a parenteral conscious sedation permit or a deep/general sedation anesthesia permit, but who wish to administer enteral conscious sedation an adequate time period and opportunity to satisfy the requirements of rule 110.2(f).

No comments were received regarding adoption of the proposal.

The amended rule is adopted under Texas Government Code §2001.021 et.seq; Texas Civil Statutes, the Occupations Code §254.001 which provides the State Board of Dental Examiners with the authority to adopt and enforce rules necessary for it to perform its duties, and to ensure compliance with laws relating to the practice of dentistry and Senate Bill 539, 77th Legislature, 2001, which requires the Board to adopt rules for the administration of enteral conscious sedation.