{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 258.153","heading":"RULES.","body":"(a) The board shall adopt rules to administer this subchapter, including rules to establish the minimum standards for the administration of anesthesia by a dentist.\n(b) The rules must be designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and must include requirements relating to:\n(1) for each type of permit held, the methods that may be used to administer an anesthetic and the anesthetic agents that may be used;\n(2) dental patient evaluation, diagnosis, counseling, and preparation;\n(3) dental patient monitoring to be performed and equipment to be used during a procedure and during postprocedure monitoring;\n(4) emergency procedures, drugs, and equipment, including education, training, and certification of personnel, as appropriate, and including protocols for transfers to a hospital;\n(5) the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with this subchapter;\n(6) the period in which protocols or procedures covered by rules of the board shall be reviewed, updated, or amended; and\n(7) the minimum components required to be included in a preoperative checklist to be used before administering anesthesia to a patient and retained in the patient's dental record.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 349, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 258. PRACTICE BY DENTIST","SUBCHAPTER D. ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.258.htm#258.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"aa7f9ac63b9224c2ca815d09fb653c2dcf201b70f5677286975d4bfa35096546","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-258.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}