{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-259.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 259.005","heading":"AUTHORIZED ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS.","body":"Board rules adopted under Section 254.002 to regulate advertising may include restrictions that prohibit communications to the public that:\n(1) are false, misleading, or deceptive;\n(2) state an opinion regarding the quality of dental services;\n(3) appeal to an individual's anxiety in an excessive or unfair way;\n(4) intimidate or exert undue pressure or undue influence over a prospective patient;\n(5) create unjustified expectations concerning the potential result of a dental treatment;\n(6) refer to benefits or other attributes of dental procedures or products that involve significant risks without including realistic assessments of the safety and efficacy of those procedures or products;\n(7) contain statistical data, representations, or other information that is not susceptible to reasonable verification by the public;\n(8) refer to a fee for dental services without disclosing that additional fees may be involved in individual cases, if the possibility of additional fees may be reasonably predicted;\n(9) offer a discount for dental services without disclosing the total fee to which the discount will apply; or\n(10) fail to make truthful disclosure of the source and authorship of any message published under a dentist's byline.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 259. PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.259.htm#259.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f314f6e69afc594926a3ccbe535ccd32f236e0b51e490db2eafb19c44449e677","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-259.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-259.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}