Bill Text: TX HB405 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to testimony by members of the State Board of Dental Examiners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB405 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB405-Comm_Sub.html

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83R21417 EES-D
By: Fletcher H.B. No. 405
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 405:
By: Naishtat C.S.H.B. No. 405

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to testimony by members of the State Board of Dental
Examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 254.018, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 254.018. [EXPERT] TESTIMONY. A member of the board may
not express an oral or written opinion or serve as an expert witness
in a suit involving a health care liability claim against a person
licensed or registered under this subtitle [dentist] for injury to
or death of a patient or for a violation of the standard of care or
the commission of malpractice [unless the member receives approval
from the board or an executive committee of the board to serve as an
expert witness].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.