The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Tex. Occ. Code § 254.001(a); Tex. Gov't Code § 2001.034; Executive Order GA-19
- Issued
- 2021-02-19 Feb. 19, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-02-19
- End
- 2021-06-18 (Board voted at its June 18, 2021 meeting to allow the emergency rule to expire, Ex. TX-056) (read as 2021-06-18)
- In force
- Feb. 19, 2021 to June 18, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- each dentist licensed in Texas
- Functions reached
- CH chairside care
- PR procedures
- ST sterilization, fallow time and infection control
- SC PPE
- FD scheduling
- Collection
- Texas TX
Operative words
The State Board of Dental Examiners (Board) adopts on an emergency basis an amendment to 22 TAC §108.7 in response to the COVID-19 disaster declaration. The amendment dictates the minimum standards for safe practice during the COVID-19 disaster. This rule is adopted on an emergency basis due to the imminent peril to the public health, safety and welfare caused by failure to adhere to the minimum standards for safe practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency rule amendment is applicable only for purposes of the COVID-19 disaster declaration and shall only remain effective until the COVID-19 disaster declaration is terminated.
Enforcement
TSBDE licensing discipline; GA-19
Notes
Dental board's COVID-19 minimum-standards rule in force through June 18, 2021 (the COVID-specific paragraphs on screening, PPE and aerosol procedures are in the exhibit's later pages;
Retrieval notePreamble and paragraphs (1)-(7) read; COVID-specific paragraphs not printed in this session.