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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle D - Dentistry
Chapter 262 - Regulation of Dental Hygienists
Subchapter E. Prohibited Practices; Civil Liability; Penalties
Section 262.202. Civil Liability
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TX Occ Code § 262.202 (2025)
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Sec. 262.202. CIVIL LIABILITY. A dental hygienist who administers to a person cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other emergency care in an emergency situation is not liable to the person for damages unless the emergency care is performed in a wilfully or wantonly negligent manner.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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