State Board of Dental Examiners
Title 22, Part 5
TRD-200803983
Filed: July 30, 2008
State Board of Dental Examiners
Title 22, Part 5
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (Board) files this notice of intention to review 22 TAC Chapter 101, Dental Licensure. This review is pursuant to §2001.039 of the Texas Government Code, pertaining to agency review of existing rules.
Comments relating to whether these rules should be repealed, readopted, or readopted with changes must be received within 30 days, and may be submitted to Sherri Sanders Meek, Executive Director, Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, 333 Guadalupe, Tower 3, Suite 800, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 475-0972.
To ensure consideration, comments must clearly specify the particular section of the rule to which they apply. General comments should be labeled as such. Comments should include proposed alternative language as appropriate.
Chapter 101. Dental Licensure.
§101.1. General Qualifications for Licensure.
§101.2. Licensure by Examination.
§101.3. Licensure by Credentials.
§101.4. Temporary Licensure by Credentials.
§101.5. Staggered Dental Registrations.
§101.6. Emergency Provisional Licensure for Dentists Displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
§101.7. Retired License Status.
§101.8. Persons with Criminal Backgrounds.
TRD-200803985
Sherri Sanders Meek
Executive Director
State Board of Dental Examiners
Filed: July 30, 2008
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners files this notice of intention to review 22 TAC Chapter 103, Dental Hygiene Licensure. This review is pursuant to §2001.039 of the Texas Government Code, pertaining to agency review of existing rules.
Comments relating to whether these rules should be repealed, readopted, or readopted with changes must be received within 30 days, and may be submitted to Sherri Sanders Meek, Executive Director, Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, 333 Guadalupe, Tower 3, Suite 800, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 475-0972.
To ensure consideration, comments must clearly specify the particular section of the rule to which they apply. General comments should be labeled as such. Comments should include proposed alternative language as appropriate.
Chapter 103. Dental Hygiene Licensure.
§103.1. General Qualifications for Licensure.
§103.2. Licensure by Examination.
§103.3. Licensure by Credentials.
§103.4. Temporary Licensure by Credentials.
§103.5. Staggered Dental Hygiene Registrations.
§103.6. Emergency Provisional Licensure for Dental Hygienists Displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
§103.7. Retired License Status.
TRD-200803986
Sherri Sanders Meek
Executive Director
State Board of Dental Examiners
Filed: July 30, 2008
Title 28, Part 2
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation files this notice of intention to review the rules contained in Chapter 102 concerning Practices and Procedures--General Provisions. This review is pursuant to the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, §167, 75th Legislature, the General Appropriations Act, Section 9 - 10, 76th Legislature, and Texas Government Code §2001.039 as added by SB 178, 76th Legislature.
The Division's reason for adopting the following rules contained in this chapter continues to exist, and it proposes to readopt these rules:
§102.2. Gifts, Grants, and Donations.
§102.3. Computation of Time.
§102.4. General Rules for Non-Commission Communications.
§102.5. General Rules for Written Communications to and from the Commission.
§102.7. Abbreviations.
§102.8. Information Requested on Written Communications to the Commission.
§102.9. Submission of Information Requested by the Commission.
§102.10. Interest, General.
§102.11. Electronic Formats for Electronic Claim Data Request and Report.
Comments regarding whether the reason for adopting these rules continues to exist must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 8, 2008 and submitted to Victoria Ortega, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, 7551 Metro Center Drive, Suite 100, MS-4D, Austin, Texas 78744-1609.
TRD-200803981
Stanton K. Strickland
Deputy Commissioner, Legal Services
Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation
Filed: July 30, 2008
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Title 10, Part 1
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("Department") readopts the following sections of Title 10 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 1, concerning Administration, Subchapter A, concerning General Policies and Procedures:
§1.3. Delinquent Audits and Related Issues
§1.4. Protest Procedures for Contractors
§1.6. Historically Underutilized Businesses
§1.7. Staff Appeals Process
§1.8. Board Appeals Process
§1.16. Ethics and Disclosure Requirements for Outside Financial Advisors and Service Providers
§1.17. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Negotiated Rulemaking
These rules are reviewed and readopted pursuant to Texas Government Code §2001.039 which requires state agencies to review and consider for readoption each of their rules every four years. Notice of this rule review was published in the Texas Register on May 23, 2008 (33 TexReg 4199). Public comment was solicited on the issue of whether the original justifications for the rules continue to exist. No public comments were received. The Department finds that each of the rules continue to reflect current law and authorized policies of the governing board of the Department. Therefore, the original justifications for the rules continue to exist.
These rules, as adopted, have been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
TRD-200803895
Michael Gerber
Executive Director
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Filed: July 28, 2008