85R640 NC-D     By: Cosper, Oliverson, Cortez, Blanco, H.B. No. 2007       Fallon, et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the licensing and regulation of certain military   dentists and dental hygienists who provide voluntary charity dental   or dental hygiene care.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 256, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 256.1017 to read as follows:          Sec. 256.1017.  MILITARY LIMITED VOLUNTEER LICENSE. (a)   The board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a military   limited volunteer license under this section.          (b)  The board may issue a military limited volunteer license   to practice dentistry to a dentist or a military limited volunteer   license to practice dental hygiene to a dental hygienist who:                (1)  is licensed and in good standing, or was licensed   and retired in good standing, as a dentist or dental hygienist in   another state;                (2)  is or was authorized as a dentist or dental   hygienist to treat personnel enlisted in a branch of the United   States armed forces or veterans; and                (3)  meets any other requirement prescribed by board   rule.          (c)  The board may not issue a license under this section to   an applicant who:                (1)  holds a dental or dental hygienist license that:                      (A)  is currently under active investigation; or                      (B)  is or was subject to a disciplinary order or   action or to denial by another jurisdiction;                (2)  holds a license to prescribe, dispense,   administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:                      (A)  is currently under active investigation; or                      (B)  is or was subject to a disciplinary order or   action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or                (3)  has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication   community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under   active investigation for the commission of:                      (A)  a felony; or                      (B)  a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.          (d)  A dentist or dental hygienist may practice dentistry or   dental hygiene under a license issued under this section only at a   clinic that primarily treats indigent patients. The dentist or   dental hygienist may not receive compensation for dental or dental   hygiene services rendered at the clinic.          (e)  A military limited volunteer license holder is subject   to board rules, including rules regarding disciplinary action,   license registration and renewal, and continuing education.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.