{"id":"SEC-03-017","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"03","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas State Board of Dental Examiners","authority":"Tex. Occ. Code 254.001(a); Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 2001.034 (emergency rulemaking); GA-19","instrument":"Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), COVID-19 provisions","title":"Emergency Rule 108.7 (version effective Feb. 19, 2021, strikethrough)","dateIssued":"2021-02-19","effective":"2020-05-01 (original); 2021-02-19 (this version)","end":"2021-06-18 (Board allowed the rule to expire)","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"2021-06-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["every Texas dentist and dental office"],"clause":"each dental office shall create COVID-19 procedures and provide dental health care personnel (DHCP) training regarding the COVID-19 office procedures. These procedures must include the pre-schedule screening protocol, in office screening protocol for patients and DHCP... develop and utilize an office protocol to screen all patients by phone before [appointments]... perform in office screening protocol which must include a temperature check... DHCP shall implement Transmission-Based Precautions, including N-95 respirator [use]... of any and all procedures likely to involve aerosols... Reduce aerosol production as much as possible.","enforcement":"Board discipline under Tex. Occ. Code ch. 263; GA-19 penalties","functions":["CH","PR","ST","FD","SC","HR"],"notes":"Binding minimum standard of care for every dental office in Texas May 1, 2020 - June 18, 2021 (TSBDE COVID-19 page, read Sept. 26, 2026).","sourceUrl":"https://tsbde.texas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Emergency-Rule-108.7-strikethrough-version-effective-February-19-2021-1-2.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":80598,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-03","url":"/library/SEC-03-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-03-017","citation":"Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), COVID-19 provisions (Feb. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-017)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-03-016"]}