By: Schwertner  S.B. No. 1117          (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2025; February 24, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   May 5, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,   Nays 0; May 5, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the administration of botulinum toxin by dentists.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 258, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 258.0531 to read as follows:          Sec. 258.0531.  USE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN. (a) A dentist may,   for aesthetic purposes, administer to a patient's oral and   maxillofacial regions a neuromodulator containing botulinum toxin   or a biosimilar or bioequivalent neuromodulator only if the dentist   has completed a course of training approved by the board on the   administration of the neuromodulator.          (b)  The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2025, the State Board   of Dental Examiners shall adopt the rules required by Section   258.0531, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *