SECTION 108.50. Objectives of Rules

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide guidelines for communications to the public, including but not limited to advertising, professional communications and referral services.

(b) As professionals, dentists have the duty to communicate truthfully and without deception to the public.

(c) It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this subchapter are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them shall be removed if this subchapter would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective. If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts shall for any reasons be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or part in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.

Source Note: The provisions of this §108.50 adopted to be effective May 1, 2013, 37 TexReg 9637