{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 258.054","heading":"USE OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT.","body":"(a) A dentist may authorize a qualified person to perform beam calibration and characterization, quality assurance, instrument specification, acceptance testing, shielding design, or protection analysis on radiation-emitting equipment or radiopharmaceuticals for a procedure that involves the diagnosis or treatment of disease or another dental condition in humans.\n(b) A dentist's authorization and the performance of authorized activities by a qualified person does not constitute the practice of medical physics under Chapter 602.\n(c) A dentist may not authorize a dental assistant, other than a dental assistant described by Section 265.001(d), to make a dental x-ray unless the dental assistant is registered under Chapter 265.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 810 (S.B. 610), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2018.","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#258.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"d31fbf089927b58244072c8d48a905e118b90de5ca35343a2f1dc465f40f0ec8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}