{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-260.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 260.001","heading":"EMPLOYMENT BY ESTATE OF DENTIST OR PERSON ACTING FOR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT DENTIST.","body":"(a) This subtitle does not prevent a person who is the administrator or executor of the estate of a dentist or a person who is legally authorized to act for a dentist adjudicated to be mentally incompetent from employing a licensed dentist to:\n(1) carry on the deceased or mentally incompetent dentist's practice for a reasonable period, as determined by the board; or\n(2) conclude the affairs of the practice, including the sale of any assets.\n(b) This subtitle does not prevent a licensed dentist from working for a person described by Subsection (a) during the administration of the estate or the period of incompetency.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 260. OPERATION OF CERTAIN DENTAL PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.260.htm#260.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"5c3454976df06ad64898a3eacdeac3bcb4308552101ba6a965e89eb81ba08638","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-259.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-260.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}