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TX Occ Code § 351.357 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.357. Fitting and Dispensing Contact Lenses

Sec. 351.357.  FITTING AND DISPENSING CONTACT LENSES.  (a)  Contact lenses may be fitted only by an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician.(b)  An ophthalmic dispenser may dispense contact lenses on a fully written contact lens prescription issued by an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician.  The ophthalmic dispenser may:(1)  fabricate or order the contact lenses and dispense them to the patient with appropriate instructions for the care and handling of the lenses;  and(2)  mechanically adjust the lenses.(c)  The ophthalmic dispenser may not measure the eye or cornea or evaluate the physical fit of the contact lenses in any way.(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician who issues a contact lens prescription remains professionally responsible to the patient.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.358 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.358. Ophthalmic Devices, Oral Medications, and Pharmaceutical Agents

Sec. 351.358.  OPHTHALMIC DEVICES, ORAL MEDICATIONS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS.  (a)  An optometrist may not treat the eye for a defect or administer or prescribe a drug or physical treatment unless the optometrist is a therapeutic optometrist or licensed physician.(b)  A therapeutic optometrist may:(1)  administer, perform, or prescribe ophthalmic devices, procedures, and appropriate medications administered by topical or oral means, in accordance with this section and Section 351.3581, to diagnose or treat visual defects, abnormal conditions, or diseases of the human vision system, including the eye and adnexa;  or(2)  administer medication by parenteral means for a purpose and in a manner prescribed by Subsection (e).(c)  A therapeutic optometrist may prescribe not more than  one three-day supply of any medication classified as a controlled substance under Schedule III, IV, or V of 21 U.S.C. Section 812.(d)  A therapeutic optometrist may independently administer oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors for emergency purposes only and shall immediately refer the patient to an ophthalmologist.(e)  A therapeutic optometrist may inject appropriate medication for a patient who has an anaphylactic reaction to counteract the anaphylaxis.  The therapeutic optometrist shall immediately refer the patient to a physician.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.152(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 523 (S.B. 993), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 351.359 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.359. Prescription

Sec. 351.359.  PRESCRIPTION.  (a)  An ophthalmic lens prescription must include:(1)  the signature of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist;  and(2)  the information and parameters the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist considers relevant or necessary.(b)  The prescription may not contain a restriction that limits the parameters to a private label not available to the optical industry as a whole.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.360 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.360. Professional Standard of Therapeutic Optometrist

Sec. 351.360.  PROFESSIONAL STANDARD OF THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRIST.  A therapeutic optometrist, including an optometric glaucoma specialist, is subject to the same standard of professional care and judgment as a person practicing as an ophthalmologist under Subtitle B.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.152(d), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Occ Code § 351.361 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.361. Lease; Payment Basis; Accounts Receivable

Sec. 351.361.  LEASE;  PAYMENT BASIS;  ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE.  (a)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may:(1)  lease space from an establishment;(2)  pay for franchise fees or other services on a percentage or gross receipts basis;  or(3)  sell, transfer, or assign accounts receivable.(b)  Subsection (a)(2) does not authorize activity prohibited by Section 351.408.(c)  The purpose of this section is to protect the public in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry, better enable the public to assign professional responsibility, and further safeguard the doctor-patient relationship.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.362 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.362. Professional Responsibility; Name of Practice

Sec. 351.362.  PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY;  NAME OF PRACTICE.  (a)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may practice under a trade name, an assumed name, or the name of a professional corporation or association.(b)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist practicing in this state shall display the actual name under which the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist is licensed by the board, so that the name is visible to the public before entry into the optometrist's or therapeutic optometrist's office reception area.(c)  Section 351.361(c) applies to this section.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.363 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.363. Mercantile Establishment

Sec. 351.363.  MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT.  (a)  To safeguard the visual welfare of the public and the doctor-patient relationship, assign professional responsibility, establish standards of professional surroundings, more nearly secure to the patient the optometrist's or therapeutic optometrist's undivided loyalty and service, and carry out the prohibitions of this chapter against placing an optometric or therapeutic optometric license in the service or at the disposal of an unlicensed person, this section applies to an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who leases space from and practices optometry or therapeutic optometry on the premises of a mercantile establishment.(b)  The optometric practice must be owned by an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.  Every phase of the practice and the leased space of the optometric practice must be controlled exclusively by an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.(c)  The prescription files and business records of the optometric practice are the sole property of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist and may not be involved with a mercantile establishment or unlicensed person.(d)  The lessor of the optometric practice space may inspect business records that are essential to the successful initiation or continuation of a lease of space based on a percentage of gross receipts.(e)  The leased space of the optometric practice must be definite and apart from space used by other occupants of the premises.  Solid, opaque partitions or walls from floor to ceiling must separate the optometric practice space from space used by other occupants.  Railings, curtains, or other similar arrangements do not satisfy the requirements of this subsection.(f)  The leased space must have a patient's entrance opening on a public thoroughfare, such as a public street, hall, lobby, or corridor.  An aisle of a mercantile establishment does not satisfy the requirement of this subsection.  An entrance is not considered a patient's entrance unless actually used as an entrance by the optometrist's or therapeutic optometrist's patients.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.364 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.364. Relationships With Dispensing Opticians

Sec. 351.364.  RELATIONSHIPS WITH DISPENSING OPTICIANS.  (a)  If an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist occupies space for the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry on premises on which a person engages in the business of a dispensing optician, solid partitions or walls from floor to ceiling must separate the space occupied by the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist from the space occupied by the dispensing optician.(b)  The space occupied by the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist must have a patient's entrance opening on a public thoroughfare, such as a public street, hall, lobby, or corridor.  An entrance is not considered a patient's entrance unless actually used as an entrance by the optometrist's or therapeutic optometrist's patients.(c)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may engage in the business of a dispensing optician, own stock in a corporation engaged in the business of a dispensing optician, or be a partner in a firm engaged in the business of a dispensing optician, but the records and accounts of the business of a dispensing optician must be kept separate from those of the optometric practice.(d)  The purpose of this section is to ensure that the practices of optometry and therapeutic optometry are carried out in a manner completely separate from the business of a dispensing optician, with no control of one by the other and no solicitation for one by the other, except as described by this section.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.365 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.365. Patient Rights Regarding Spectacle Prescription

Sec. 351.365.  PATIENT RIGHTS REGARDING SPECTACLE PRESCRIPTION.  (a)  If, after examining a patient, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist believes that lenses are required to correct or remedy a defect or abnormal condition of vision, the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall:(1)  inform the patient;  and(2)  provide the patient with a copy of the patient's spectacle prescription.(b)  The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall expressly indicate verbally or by other means that the patient has the following alternatives for the preparation of the lenses according to the prescription:(1)  the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist will prepare or have the lenses prepared;  or(2)  the patient may have the prescription filled by a dispensing optician but should return for an optometrical examination of the lenses.(c)  This section does not require an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to provide a prescription to a patient before the patient has paid the examination fee.(d)  Section 351.364(d) applies to this section.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.366 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.366. Authority to Form Certain Jointly Owned Entities

Sec. 351.366.  AUTHORITY TO FORM CERTAIN JOINTLY OWNED ENTITIES.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 351.361 or 351.457, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist and a physician may, for the purposes described by Subsection (b), organize, jointly own, and manage any legal entity, including:(1)  a partnership under the Texas Revised Partnership Act (Article 6132b-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);(2)  a limited partnership under the Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act (Article 6132a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);  or(3)  a limited liability company under the Texas Limited Liability Company Act (Article 1528n, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).(b)  An entity authorized under Subsection (a) may:(1)  own real property, other physical facilities, or equipment for the delivery of health care services or management;(2)  lease, rent, or otherwise acquire the use of real property, other physical facilities, or equipment for the delivery of health care services or management;  or(3)  employ or otherwise use a person who is not an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or physician for the delivery of health care services or management.(c)  Only an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or physician may have an ownership interest in an entity authorized under Subsection (a).  This subsection does not prohibit an entity from making one or more payments to an owner's estate following the owner's death under an agreement with the owner or as otherwise authorized or required by law.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.157(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Occ Code § 351.367 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder|Section 351.367. Contract or Employment With Community Health Centers

Sec. 351.367.  CONTRACT OR EMPLOYMENT WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.  (a)  In this section, "community health center" means a health organization that:(1)  is a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) and Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and(2)  is organized and operated as:(A)  a migrant, community, or homeless health center under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 254b or 254c; or(B)  a federally qualified health center under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).(b)  The board by rule shall certify a health organization to contract with or employ an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist if the organization:(1)  applies for certification on a form approved by the board; and(2)  presents proof satisfactory to the board that the organization is a community health center.(c)  A community health center that contracts with or employs an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist under this section may not control or attempt to control the professional judgment of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (S.B. 1476), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 351.401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.401. Prohibited Offer, Representation, or Designation

Sec. 351.401.  PROHIBITED OFFER, REPRESENTATION, OR DESIGNATION.  Unless a person is licensed to practice under this chapter, the person may not:(1)  offer to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry;(2)  represent to others that the person is authorized to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry;  or(3)  use in connection with the person's name a designation implying that the person practices optometry or therapeutic optometry.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.402 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.402. Impersonation Prohibited

Sec. 351.402.  IMPERSONATION PROHIBITED.  A person may not:(1)  impersonate an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist or falsely assume another name;  or(2)  buy, sell, or fraudulently obtain an optometry diploma, an optometry or therapeutic optometry license, or a record of registration, or aid or abet in that purchase, sale, or acquisition.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.403. False, Deceptive, or Misleading Advertising

Sec. 351.403.  FALSE, DECEPTIVE, OR MISLEADING ADVERTISING.  (a)  A person may not publish or display, or cause or permit to be published or displayed, by any means, including by newspaper, radio, television, billboard, or window display, a false, deceptive, or misleading statement or advertisement concerning ophthalmic services or materials.  In this subsection, "ophthalmic materials" include lenses, frames, eyeglasses, or contact lenses, or parts of lenses, frames, eyeglasses, or contact lenses.(b)  An advertisement of prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses must contain language to the effect that an eye doctor's prescription is required to purchase prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses.(c)  An advertisement of the price of prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses must contain the following information:(1)  a statement of whether the cost of an examination, prescription services, and follow-up care by an eye doctor is included in the price;(2)  if the advertised goods are to be available to the public at the advertised price for less than 30 days after the date of publication of the advertisement, a statement of the time limitation on the offer;(3)  if the advertised goods are to be available to the public in limited quantities and if no rainchecks are to be given on total depletion of the inventory of the advertised goods, a statement of the total quantity available to all customers;(4)  if the advertised goods are to be available to the public at a limited number for each customer, a statement of the limit for each customer;  and(5)  for contact lenses, a statement of the number of lenses included for the price specified.(d)  A person who fails to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b) or (c) is considered to have published a false, deceptive, or misleading statement within the meaning of this section.(e)  A statement required by Subsection (b) or (c) must be readily audible or readable by a person of average comprehension or reading speed.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.404 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.404. Eyeglasses as Prize or Inducement

Sec. 351.404.  EYEGLASSES AS PRIZE OR INDUCEMENT.  A person in this state may not give or deliver, or cause to be given or delivered, in any manner, eyeglasses as:(1)  a prize or premium;  or(2)  an inducement to sell an item of merchandise, including a book, paper, magazine, or work of literature or art.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.405 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.405. Alteration of Prescription

Sec. 351.405.  ALTERATION OF PRESCRIPTION.  A person may not alter the specifications of an ophthalmic lens prescription without the prescribing doctor's consent.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.406 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.406. Expired Contact Lens Prescription

Sec. 351.406.  EXPIRED CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTION.  A person may not fill an expired contact lens prescription.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.407 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision|Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists|Subchapter I. Prohibited Practices in General|Section 351.407. Governmental Discrimination Prohibited

Sec. 351.407.  GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.  (a)  A program supported by the state or by a political subdivision of the state may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.(b)  A law or policy of the state or of a political subdivision of the state that requires or encourages a person to obtain vision care or medical eye care that is within the scope of practice of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|