Sec. 254.007.  RECORDS REGARDING PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE.  (a)  The board shall keep records of the name, permanent address, and place of business of each person authorized under this subtitle to practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or another profession or business under the board's jurisdiction as provided by law.
(b)  The board shall collect annually from each licensed dentist the dentist's name, age, practice locations, hours worked each week, weeks worked each year, and number and type of auxiliaries employed.
(c)  The information collected under Subsection (b) shall be compiled in report form by practice composition and by county reflecting the overall full-time equivalency tabulations as defined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.076(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.