Tex. Occupations Code § 266.251: GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

(a) The board may refuse to issue a registration certificate, may impose a fine on a person who holds a registration certificate, may suspend or revoke a person's registration certificate, or may probate any portion of the suspension if, after a hearing, the board determines that the applicant or certificate holder has:

(1) violated or aided another person in violating a law regulating the practice of dentistry; or

(2) required or allowed a person under the direction or control of the person to violate a law regulating the practice of dentistry.

(b) In this section, an applicant for or holder of a registration certificate includes a person who has at least a 20 percent ownership interest in or is the general partner or managing partner in a dental laboratory that is registered under this chapter or for which an application for registration has been filed.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.