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Tex. Occ. Code § 256.001 (2026)
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Sec. 256.001. LICENSE REQUIRED. A person may not practice or offer to practice dentistry or dental surgery or represent that the person practices dentistry unless the person holds a license issued by the board.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2003–2025 · leading case: In Re Oca, Inc., 552 F.3d 413 (5th Cir. 2008).
In Re Oca, Inc., 552 F.3d 413 (5th Cir. 2008). “Tex. Occ.Code § 256.001. Texas defines practicing dentistry as engaging in any one of ten different activities.”
Packard v. OCA, Inc., 624 F.3d 726 (5th Cir. 2010). “See Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 256.001 (“A person may not practice or offer to practice dentistry or dental surgery or represent that the person practices dentistry unless the person holds a license issued by the board.”
Penny v. Orthalliance, Inc., 255 F. Supp. 2d 579 (N.D. Tex. 2003). “TEX. OCC. CODE ANN. § 256.001 (Vernon Supp.”
Dr. Eric Vanderwerff, D.C. v. Texas Dep't of Ins. - Div. of Workers' Comp., DWC, & DWC Comm'r Jeff Nelson in His Off. Capacity (Tex. App. 2025). “22 Tex. Occ. Code § 256.001 ................”
Persimmon Ridge Partners EO, L.P., Russ Vandenburg, & Martha Vandenburg v. Fannie Mae (Tex. 2015). “Bankruptcy court properly found that business service agreements between debtors and orthodontists were void for illegality because they enabled the debtors to practice dentistry without a license under Tex. Occ. Code Ann. §§ 256.001 and 251.003(a)(4) in that persons included…”
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