OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
armclrl, 27, 1944,
In wtioh you c sttqr prrrlour-
rl Mlbc?, sao-
tsl Zwaiaan.
hata ooorr~~&
rrrrnt tlw by 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.
BonorablaI?.T. Mb.?, pago 2
*Iis ha8 publlol,t bl8plSpd in 6bOU
rlndow of his buainesr an array of &a-
tmas or plater o? all typar or ar4t8rlal8
In whlah hw propo888 to duplleatr th8
patlenta’ old 4mtcra in 001 Of tin types
that he ha8 dloplayrd iw a considrratlon
or sonr7.
'30 4mtlrt who 18 llcrMe6 to prao-
tlor dantlatw in thr Stat. of Trr.8 18
oormcotrd or work8 la thir Bskbllahamt.
Article 45518 of t&a Trxas Dental laws da-
finor persons a8 r8gd8a In the praotloa
or thntirtry.
Vhlr dsprtaant nqcrrtr your opinion:
X8 tbi6 man'8, Xr. ThoratOn, bu6iaaa8 whioh
ha 1s abc& to antar upon in violationOS
rstlolaUPa and 18 thim rrgard8d a8 prao-
ticlag datietry a8 definea in Artlclaa
45518 an4 b? Your 4bplslon 18 ~8p0atruiif
requr*tad. *
Artlolr 455ls,, Vernon*8 Amotatrd Cltll
statutrr or Taxae, read8 In Fart as sollows:
*&r prraoa shall be rugclrira as prao-
tlolng dantlrtrf within thr maaal.u&oi t&l8
chaptarr
who aball otfar or undartakr . .. . to
treat, opersts or prororlbe,
tf%;t~;d & r&hod ror rlrg d&ea8r,
p81n. irr~0~. mi0i&, a8r0titr 0~
physloslooadltionof the hoaan'taath,.
slveolarproo888. auta8 or jaw8 anb oharge
thrraror,dlractly or ladir8otl~,~ Boner or
othrr owpmsatlon.~
FabstarlrfntarartlonalDiotloaary, Seocnd.
alition, 6ailms aaltaolar proos8e” aar
Vhc rldga, or raised thlokened border,
of the mandlblrand supsriormaxillarybcnrr
xhioh contala the 8oaket8 or tibrteeth.*
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SIonorablo11.T. P;ab*r,paea 3
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 dlrsotlyor
ltxllrectl~. Any Qm~rofa88icnal oomYuot*
as USad hersiD, acan and lnoluda8 any
one or sore of the following acts, to-wit:
=(qj Ad7ertiml~ to the public an7
dental leborato~
oolluneraial or dental
cllnlo.('
It i’sen ra,tbeiciaar to us that Mr. Thornton
Is adrarti8%n& to the Fob110 8 OOZ6W~OlSl U8ntal labora-
tory in rlolatlon of Art1018 752b (q), Vcrnoa'8 AmotatSd
Fans1 Cod8 Of hIS6. The ad+lirtl8ingof thr doing of
ocrtcllnaot8 bein& an UIIpr~f88810nS1oonOuot 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
(?ndiSpl87 in a “FubliC dent81 labcsatory' SOr 03m~SMS-
tlon In prascrlbing or dirlgtmtlon of a rrmaaf fbr the
rltrolar pr~oSsm and has barn daflnad mm a praotloa of
dentistry by Article 455lr, VSrnon'r Annotated Civil
Statutes at Taxae.
To our opinion iour qcrmtlon Sbmld be lamtrarrd
In the aitirqatltr.
Yocr6 very tnllJ
ATTQR?32YORE3?X. 07 ITXAS