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TAPD Legislative Spotlight—Joe Castellano, DDS

Name: Joe Castellano, DDS Position: Legislative Committee; Past-President Number of years in practice: 30 Where you went to dental school and completed residency: UT Dental Branch Houston; Residency- UTHSC San…

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Texas Lifts Mask Mandate, Opens Business

Yesterday, Governor Abbott announced the issuance of Executive Order (GA-34) which, effective Wednesday, March 10th, lifts the state mask mandate in Texas and increases the capacity of all businesses and facilities to 100% in…

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TSBDE Emergency Meeting

Today, the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners met to review 22 Tex. Admin. Code§ 108.7 – Minimum Standard of Care, General, the emergency rule adopted which allows dental health…

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TAPD Winter Board Meeting

Our Winter Board meeting for 2021 will be on Saturday, February 13th. This will be a virtual Zoom meeting from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. If you would like to…

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Medicaid THSteps Dental Policy Review

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) recently asked TAPD to provide input for their review of the Texas Health Steps Dental Preventive Services Policy.  TAPD believes that HHSC…

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E-Prescribing Waivers

As a reminder, effective January 1, 2021, the Texas Health and Safety Code § 481.0755 requires that prescriptions for controlled substances be issued electronically, except in limited circumstances, or unless…

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