{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-266.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 266.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(11), eff. September 1, 2017.\n(2) \"Dental laboratory\" means a place in which a person performs or offers to perform a dental laboratory service.\n(3) \"Dental laboratory service\" means:\n(A) the making, assembly, processing, production, repair, relining, or adjustment of a prosthetic or orthodontic dental appliance, a full or partial denture, a fixed or removable dental bridge, a dental plate of false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process; or\n(B) the fitting of a dental appliance, a denture, a bridge, a plate, false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for the human teeth, gums, or jaws to or on a dental model, impression, or cast of any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process.\n(4) \"Dental technician\" means a person who performs, offers to perform, or aids, abets, or causes another to perform or offer to perform a dental laboratory service.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(11), eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 266. REGULATION OF DENTAL LABORATORIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.266.htm#266.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"add1e96de82347a8d01855d8e062bdc67c44fdbcb0f0b318eaf3399db0e86a06","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-265.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-266.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}