Sec. 254.019. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this section:

(1) "Business support services" has the meaning assigned by Section 73.001, Business & Commerce Code.

(2) "Dental support organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 73.001, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) The board shall collect the following information from dentists licensed by the board in conjunction with the issuance and renewal of each dental license:

(1) the number and type of dentists employed by the license holder, if any;

(2) the name under which the license holder provides dental services and each location at which those services are provided by that license holder;

(3) whether the license holder is a participating provider under the Medicaid program operated under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, or the child health plan program operated under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code;

(4) whether the license holder contracts or enters into an agreement for business support services with a dental support organization and, if so, the name and address of the dental support organization;

(5) whether the license holder owns all or part of a dental support organization and, if so, the name and address of the dental support organization and of each dental office at which the dental support organization provides services to patients;

(6) whether the license holder is a party to a dental support agreement and, if so, the name and address of the dental support organization that provides services under the agreement; and

(7) if the license holder owns all or part of a dental support organization, whether the license holder's practice is a party to a dental support agreement and, if so, the name and address of the dental support organization that provides services under the agreement.

(c) If requested by the board, a dental support organization shall provide to the board the address of the locations where the organization provides business support services in this state and the name of each dentist providing dental services at each location.

(d) The board shall provide an option for the electronic submission of the information required under this section.

(e) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the board shall provide a report to the legislature on the information collected under this section and on the board's use of the information in the exercise of the board's statutory authority to regulate the practice of dentistry.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 3201), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 603 (S.B. 519), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.