{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 258.052","heading":"CASE HISTORIES AND PHYSICAL EVALUATIONS.","body":"(a) A dentist may take a complete case history and perform a complete physical evaluation that may be used to admit a patient to a hospital for the practice of dentistry if the activity is necessary in the exercise of due care in the practice of dentistry.\n(b) A dentist is not automatically entitled to membership on a hospital's medical staff or to exercise clinical privileges at a hospital solely because the dentist is licensed in this state or because the dentist is authorized to take a case history and perform a physical evaluation.\n(c) A dentist may not be denied membership on a hospital's medical staff or the right to the exercise of clinical privileges at a hospital solely because the person is a dentist rather than a physician.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 258. PRACTICE BY DENTIST","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PRACTICE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.258.htm#258.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"91611e0b9ca5f49dd2b7f7d29df94a23e4171c278cf758764efba2c27234b648","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.0511","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}