22 Tex. Admin. Code § 108.1 - Professional Responsibility
A licensed dentist shall conduct his practice on the
highest plane of honesty, integrity, and fair dealing. In order to safeguard
the dental health and welfare of the public and the dentist-patient
relationship and fix professional responsibility for dental services, no
dentist or any other
(1) circumvent or attempt to circumvent any
provision of the Texas Dental Practice Act or any rule, regulation, or order of
the Board ;
(2) participate,
directly or indirectly in any plan, scheme, or arrangement attempting or having
as its purpose or result the evasion of any provision of the Texas Dental
Practice Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Board ;
(3) fail to exercise reasonable diligence to
prevent partners, associates, and employees from engaging in conduct which
would violate any provisions of the Texas Dental Practice Act or any rule,
regulation, or order of the Board ;
(4) permit or allow himself, his practice of
dentistry, his professional identification, or his services to be used or made
use of, directly or indirectly, or in any manner whatsoever, so as to create or
tend to create the opportunity for the unauthorized or unlawful practice of
dentistry by any person , firm , or corporation or for the practice of dentistry
in violation of any provision of the Texas Dental Practice Act or any rule,
regulation, or order of the Board ;
(5) associate with or permit or allow the use
of a dentist's name, professional identification, office, or practice in any
business, commercial, or mercantile venture, project, or enterprise which the
dentist or licensee knows or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should
have known is engaged in acts, practices, or omissions which violate any
provision of the Texas Dental Practice Act or any rule, regulation, or order of
the Board ;
(6) divide, share,
split, or allocate, either directly or indirectly, any fee for dental services,
appliances, or materials with another dentist or with a physician, except upon
a division of services or responsibility and with the prior knowledge and
approval of the patient; provided, however, this section shall not be construed
to prohibit partnerships for the practice of dentistry.
(7) provide prescriptions for any medications
to patients of other dentists, who are part of an after hours call agreement
with the license holder, without first taking steps to determine that the
individual is in fact a patient of the other dentist. Such steps shall include
determination of patient's basic medical history, including name, when last
seen by patient's doctor, service performed and prescriptions written, if
any.
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