OCCUPATIONS CODE

TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS

SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY

CHAPTER 260. OPERATION OF CERTAIN DENTAL PRACTICES

Sec. 260.001.  EMPLOYMENT BY ESTATE OF DENTIST OR PERSON ACTING FOR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT DENTIST.  (a)  This subtitle does not prevent a person who is the administrator or executor of the estate of a dentist or a person who is legally authorized to act for a dentist adjudicated to be mentally incompetent from employing a licensed dentist to:
(1)  carry on the deceased or mentally incompetent dentist's practice for a reasonable period, as determined by the board;  or
(2)  conclude the affairs of the practice, including the sale of any assets.
(b)  This subtitle does not prevent a licensed dentist from working for a person described by Subsection (a) during the administration of the estate or the period of incompetency.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.