{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-266.301","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 266.301","heading":"DENTAL PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE.","body":"(a) In this section, \"person\" means an individual or a private legal entity, including a corporation, association, or partnership.\n(b) A person may not fill a prescription to prepare or repair a dental prosthetic appliance that is to be delivered to a dental patient by a licensed dentist unless the person is a dental laboratory or dental technician.\n(c) A dental laboratory that prepares or repairs a dental prosthetic appliance for a dentist shall provide to the dentist in writing at the time of the delivery the dental laboratory's assigned registration number and the expiration date of the dental laboratory's registration certificate.\n(d) A dentist may not knowingly prescribe, order, or receive a dental prosthetic appliance that is to be prepared or has been prepared by an unregistered dental laboratory.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 266. REGULATION OF DENTAL LABORATORIES","SUBCHAPTER G. PROHIBITED PRACTICES, ENFORCEMENT, AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.266.htm#266.301","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"da4a59af905f7424d93e71937b351200a81984fa61b375f40bee97df3023ae3d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-266.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-266.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}