Case Information

*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

armclrl, 27, 1944, sttqr prrrlour- In wtioh you c rl Mlbc?, tsl Zwaiaan. sao-

hata ooorr~~& rrrrnt tlw thr ,n 8nd rrquret our y Mr. 3. Carl IIolder oaae, who lo @bout to 110 Date1 Lsborat@r)* in OtWB8B~ to the rublie t@ Tc- pati a platr clr dentutr Sor 8 aansldtra-

tioa oi aonay. F-riois guotsd.

Bonorabla I?. T. Mb.?, pago 2

*Iis ha8 publlol,t bl8plSpd in 6bOU rlndow of his buainesr an array of &a-

tmas plater o? all typar or ar4t8rlal8

In whlah hw propo888 to duplleatr th8 old 4mtcra in 001 Of tin types

patlenta’ that he ha8 dloplayrd iw a considrratlon or sonr7.

'30 4mtlrt who 18 llcrMe6 prao- in thr Stat. of Trr.8 tlor dantlatw oormcotrd or work8 la thir Bskbllahamt.

Article 45518 of t&a Trxas Dental laws da- finor persons a8 r8gd8a praotloa

or thntirtry. nqcrrtr your

opinion:

Vhlr dsprtaant X8 tbi6 man'8, Xr. ThoratOn, bu6iaaa8 whioh ha 1s abc& to antar upon in violation OS rstlola UPa 18 thim rrgard8d a8 prao- in Artlclaa a8 definea ticlag datietry 45518 an4 b? Your 4bplslon 18 ~8p0atruiif

requr*tad. *

Artlolr 455ls,, Vernon*8 Amotatrd Cltll statutrr Taxae, read8 In Fart as sollows:

*&r prraoa shall rugclrira as prao- tlolng dantlrtrf within thr maaal.u& oi t&l8 chaptarr

who aball otfar or undartakr . . . . to treat, opersts or prororlbe, ror rlrg d&ea8r, & r&hod tf%;t~;d

p81n. irr~0~. mi0i&, a8r0titr 0~

physlosl ooadltion of the hoaan'taath,.

slveolar proo888. auta8 or jaw8 anb oharge thrraror, dlractly or ladir8otl~,~ Boner or othrr owpmsatlon.~

Fabstarlr fntarartlonal Diotloaary, Seocnd. alition, 6ailms aaltaolar proos8e” aar

Vhc rldga, or raised thlokened border, of the mandlblr and supsrior maxillary bcnrr xhioh contala the 8oaket8 tibr teeth.*

47 SIonorablo 11. T. P;ab*r, paea

nrtlclr 752b, Vernon’s Annotated FSnal CodS of ToxSS, provider amx& othSr thingm~that~

"It Shall be UldSWfU1 ?Or any perSon, fita, or oorporatlon t0 8n~agS In 01 be

aulltt of anf onprofraslonal oorduat ln the yraotioa or dSati8trfe dlrsotly or ltxllrectl~. Any Qm~rofa88icnal oomYuot*

as USad hersiD, acan and lnoluda8 any one sore of the following acts, to-wit:

=(qj Ad7ertiml~ to the public an7 dental oolluneraial dental leborato~ cllnlo.('

It i’sen ra,tbei ciaar to us that Mr. Thornton Is adrarti8%n& the Fob110 8 OOZ6W~OlSl U8ntal labora- tory in rlolatlon of Art1018 752b (q), Vcrnoa'8 AmotatSd Fans1 Cod8 Of hIS6. The ad+lirtl8ing of thr doing of ocrtclln aot8 bein& an UIIpr~f88810nS1 oonOuot In the praotica of ztcntlst~, tba doing of muoh sots would be the practloa of dentlst~. To duplloata, or offer to dupllcatr, a patlant~s old denture lot0 a type ot pIa to (?n diSpl87 in a “FubliC dent81 labcsatory' SOr 03m~SMS- tlon In prascrlbing dirlgtmtlon of a rrmaaf fbr the rltrolar pr~oSsm has barn daflnad mm a praotloa of Article 455lr, VSrnon'r Annotated Civil dentistry Statutes at Taxae.

To our opinion iour qcrmtlon Sbmld l amtrarrd aitirqatltr. Yocr6 very tnllJ ATTQR?32Y ORE3?X. 07 ITXAS