Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 5 - STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS › Chapter 100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 100.7 - Standing Committees of the Board

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Creation and
				dissolution. The board, through rule, may establish standing committees as it
				deems necessary. Standing committees and appointments to standing committees
				shall be reviewed at least annually by the board's presiding officer to
				determine whether there is a continuing need for the existence of a standing
				committee or for a board member's appointment to a standing committee.
(b) Membership. The presiding
				officer of the board shall appoint members of the board to serve on standing
				committees. An appointment to a standing committee shall be made for a term of
				two years but may be terminated at any point by the presiding officer.
				Committee members may be re-appointed or replaced at the discretion of the
				presiding officer. At least one dentist member of the board and at least one
				non-dentist member of the board shall serve on each standing committee. The
				board's presiding officer shall be an ex-officio member of each standing
				committee.
(c) Chair. The
				presiding officer shall designate one member of each standing committee to
				serve as chair of the standing committee. No board member shall serve as chair
				of more than one standing committee at a time.
(d) Meetings and Participation. Each board
				member shall serve on at least one and no more than three standing committees,
				or two standing committees and the executive committee, except the presiding
				officer who is an ex-officio member of all standing committees.
(e) Open Meetings Act. Standing committee
				meetings shall be open to the public and held in compliance with chapter 551 of
				the Texas Government Code.
(f)
				Committee actions. The actions of standing committees are recommendations only
				and are not binding until ratification by the board at a regularly scheduled
				meeting, with the exception of permits approved by the Anesthesia Committee.
(g) The following are standing
				committees of the board. The responsibilities and authority of these committees
				shall include the duties and powers described below and other responsibilities
				and charges that the board may delegate to these committees.
(1) Anesthesia Committee.
(A) review applications for level 3 and level
				4 sedation/anesthesia permits and sedation/anesthesia portability permits, and
				make recommendations to the board concerning any proposed denial of a permit;
(B) study and make recommendations
				to the board concerning the administration of sedation/anesthesia in dental
				treatment; including but not limited to permitting, regulation, and/or
				discipline of sedation/anesthesia permit holders, applicants, or other
				licensees;
(C) study and make
				recommendations to the board concerning board rules regarding or affecting the
				administration of sedation/anesthesia in dental treatment; and
(D) study and make recommendations to the
				board concerning any other issue brought to the attention of the committee.