Tex. Occ. Code Section 258.052
Case Histories and Physical Evaluations

(a)

A dentist may take a complete case history and perform a complete physical evaluation that may be used to admit a patient to a hospital for the practice of dentistry if the activity is necessary in the exercise of due care in the practice of dentistry.

(b)

A dentist is not automatically entitled to membership on a hospital’s medical staff or to exercise clinical privileges at a hospital solely because the dentist is licensed in this state or because the dentist is authorized to take a case history and perform a physical evaluation.

(c)

A dentist may not be denied membership on a hospital’s medical staff or the right to the exercise of clinical privileges at a hospital solely because the person is a dentist rather than a physician.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 258.052 — Case Histories and Physical Evaluations, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­258.­htm#258.­052 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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