Just received this notification today. NOTICE OF STAKEHOLDER MEETING March 11, 2022 The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners will host a Stakeholder Meeting Friday, March 11, 2022 at 1:00 PM The meeting will be in person and broadcast via Zoom … Read More
We thought we would publish this on our website from the latest TSBDE newsletter received today. The PREP Act was changed back on March 11. Becoming a COVID-19 Vaccine Provider The latest amendment to the PREP Act expands qualified persons … Read More
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners will be holding a stakeholders meeting in Austin on November 20. It will be held at the William P. Hobby Jr. State Office Building, Tower III, Room 100, 333 Guadalupe Street at 1:30 … Read More
Citing “a clear and immediate danger” to public health and safety, the Alaska Board of Dental Examiners suspended Anchorage dentist Seth Lookhart’s license on Thursday while an investigation continues into his patient care. Online records show that Lookhart’s license to … Read More
Yesterday, the Sunset Advisory Commission introduced both a House and Senate bill to adopt their proposed changes to legislation affecting the State Board of Dental Examiners. HB 2990 was introduced as authored by Sunset member state Rep. Cindy Burkett while … Read More
In August of last year, the Sunset Advisory Commission requested a review by a blue ribbon panel of dental experts into dental anesthesia-related deaths in Texas as part of its review process of the State Board of Dental Examiners. On … Read More
On Thursday, June 23, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission held its mandated public hearings on state agencies under review this legislative session. Four hours of testimony Over the 12 hours of testimony were given before the Commission on that date … Read More
Those that want to make their views known about the current state of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners can testify in Austin next week before the Sunset Advisory Commission. The staff report from the Commission is highly critical … Read More
Texas must do more to protect dental patients from deadly sedation risks, according to a state report released Wednesday. Building on findings of a 2015 Dallas Morning Newsinvestigation, the report says state regulators largely failed to oversee sedation practices in … Read More
The Sunset Advisory Commission today released its staff report on their observations and recommendations relating to the State Board of Dental Examiners. Basically, they found it had too many board members who did too little and got mired in business- … Read More
Governor Greg Abbott has named Steve Austin chair of the State Board of Dental Examiners. The governor has also appointed Diane Garza for a term set to expire February 1, 2017, appointed Bryan Henderson, II, Jorge Quirch and Rich Villa … Read More
January 26, 2016 — The American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) won another legal battle on January 21, when a U.S. District judge ruled that certain regulations of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners restrict the academy’s First Amendment … Read More
Outside of the Department of Public Safety, there are 819 commissioned police working in 16 bureaucracies across the state, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement data obtained through the state’s open-records law. The attorney general accounts for more than … Read More
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners is under review by the Sunset Advisory Commission this year. The Board has published a 154-page self-evaluation report that can be downloaded from the Commission website. TDMR has not yet reviewed it. The Sunset Commission … Read More
Most recently, lawmakers have been looking at the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, asking it to scale back proposed rules that would affect the use of dental support organizations. Some dentists use the groups for tasks including marketing, accounting … Read More
A Texas dentist appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to a state board has resigned from the panel after being arrested on charges he secretly recorded an employee as she changed clothes. Dr. William Birdwell was a member of the Texas … Read More
The Texas Tribune published today an article outlining the coming changes to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners as a result of House Bill 3201 that was passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. The legislation will … Read More
