OCCUPATIONS CODE

TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS

SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY

CHAPTER 266. REGULATION OF DENTAL LABORATORIES

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 266.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(11), eff. September 1, 2017.
(2)  "Dental laboratory" means a place in which a person performs or offers to perform a dental laboratory service.
(3)  "Dental laboratory service" means:
(A)  the making, assembly, processing, production, repair, relining, or adjustment of a prosthetic or orthodontic dental appliance, a full or partial denture, a fixed or removable dental bridge, a dental plate of false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process;  or
(B)  the fitting of a dental appliance, a denture, a bridge, a plate, false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for the human teeth, gums, or jaws to or on a dental model, impression, or cast of any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process.
(4)  "Dental technician" means a person who performs, offers to perform, or aids, abets, or causes another to perform or offer to perform a dental laboratory service.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(11), eff. September 1, 2017.