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TX Occ Code § 351.265 (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 F. License Requirements|Section 351.265. Retired Status

Sec. 351.265.  RETIRED STATUS.  (a)  The board by rule may allow a license holder to place the person's license on retired status.  A license holder must apply to the board for retired status, on a form prescribed by the board, before the expiration date of the person's license.(b)  In determining whether to grant retired status, the board shall consider the age, years of practice, and status of the license holder at the time of the application.(c)  A license holder on retired status:(1)  must pay a license renewal fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee for a license on inactive status; and(2)  except as provided by Subsection (f), may not perform any activity regulated under this chapter.(d)  To reinstate a license placed on retired status, the license holder must submit a written request for reinstatement to the board.  The board may return the license to active status and issue a renewal license if the license holder complies with any education or other requirement established by board rule and pays the renewal fee in effect at the time of the requested reinstatement.(e)  The board may charge a reasonable administrative fee to cover the cost of research and the preparation of documentation for the board's consideration of a request for reinstatement of a license on retired status.(f)  A license holder on retired status may perform an activity regulated under this chapter if the license holder's practice consists only of voluntary charity care, as defined by board rule.  The board's rules under this subsection must prescribe the scope of practice permitted for the license holder, the license holder's authority to prescribe and administer drugs, and any continuing education requirements applicable to the license holder.  The scope of practice of a license holder on retired status may not be greater than the scope of practice of the same license holder on active status.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 675), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 351.266 (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 F. License Requirements|Section 351.266. Military Limited Volunteer License

Sec. 351.266.  MILITARY LIMITED VOLUNTEER LICENSE.  (a)  The board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a military limited volunteer license under this section.(b)  The board may issue a military limited volunteer license to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry to an applicant who:(1)  is licensed and in good standing, or was licensed and retired in good standing, as an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist in another state;(2)  is or was authorized as an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to treat personnel enlisted in a branch of the United States armed forces or veterans; and(3)  meets any other requirement prescribed by board rule.(c)  The board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:(1)  holds an optometry or therapeutic optometry license that:(A)  is currently under active investigation; or(B)  is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction;(2)  holds a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:(A)  is currently under active investigation; or(B)  is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or(3)  has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:(A)  a felony; or(B)  a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.(d)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may practice optometry or therapeutic optometry under a  license issued under this section only at a clinic that primarily treats indigent patients.  The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not directly or indirectly receive compensation or anything of monetary value for optometric services rendered at the clinic.(e)  A military limited volunteer license holder is subject to board rules, including rules regarding disciplinary action, license registration and renewal, and continuing medical education.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (H.B. 2933), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.301 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.301. Renewal Certificate

Sec. 351.301.  RENEWAL CERTIFICATE.  (a)  A person required by this subchapter to hold a renewal certificate may not practice optometry or therapeutic optometry without the certificate.(b)  A violation of this section has the same effect as, and is subject to the penalties for, practicing optometry or therapeutic optometry without holding a license as required by Subchapter F.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.302 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.302. License Renewal

Sec. 351.302.  LICENSE RENEWAL.  (a)  A license under this chapter is valid for a term of one or two years as determined by board rule.(a-1)  The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year.  The board shall adjust the final dates for payment, the dates for notice of nonpayment, and the dates for license cancellation accordingly.(b)  For the year in which the license expiration date is changed, license renewal fees payable not later than January 1 shall be prorated on a monthly basis so that each license holder pays only that portion of the license renewal fee allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid.(c)  On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.303 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.303. Notice of License Expiration

Sec. 351.303.  NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION.  Not later than the 30th day before the date a person's license is to expire, the board shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to board records.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.304 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.304. Procedure for Renewal

Sec. 351.304.  PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL.  (a)  Not later than the date provided under Section 351.302, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall pay to the board a renewal fee for the renewal of a license to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry.  A person may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the board before the license expiration date.(b)  A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal to one and one-half times the renewal fee set by the board under Section 351.152.  If a person's license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal to two times the renewal fee set by the board under Section 351.152.(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a person whose license has been expired for one year or more may not renew the license.  The person may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 1.016, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 448 (H.B. 7), Sec. 31(b), eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.3045 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.3045. Criminal History Record Information Requirement for License Renewal

Sec. 351.3045.  CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL.  (a)  An applicant renewing a license issued under this chapter shall submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints for purposes of performing a criminal history record information check of the applicant as provided by Section 351.2525.(b)  The board may administratively suspend or refuse to renew the license of a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).(c)  A license holder is not required to submit fingerprints under this section for the renewal of the license if the license holder has previously submitted fingerprints under:(1)  Section 351.2525 for the initial issuance of the license; or(2)  this section as part of a prior license renewal.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.305 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.305. Issuance of Certificate

Sec. 351.305.  ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE.  On receipt of the required fees, the board shall issue a renewal certificate containing information from board records that the board considers necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter, including the license number and the period for which the license is renewed.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.306 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.306. Renewal of Expired License by Out-of-State Practitioner

Sec. 351.306.  RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONER.  (a)  The board may renew without examination the expired license of a person who was licensed in this state, moved to another state, and is currently licensed and has been in practice in the other state for the two years preceding application.(b)  The person must pay to the board a fee that is equal to the amount of the renewal fee set by the board under Section 351.152.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 1.017, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 448 (H.B. 7), Sec. 31(c), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 351.3065 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.3065. Renewal of Expired License by Retired Optometrist or Therapeutic Optometrist

Sec. 351.3065.  RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY RETIRED OPTOMETRIST OR THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRIST.  The board may renew the license of a person whose license has been expired for one year or more without requiring the person to comply with the requirements and procedures for an original license if the person places the person's renewed license on retired status and confines the person's practice solely to voluntary charity care under Section 351.265(f).|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 675), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 351.307 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.307. Governmental Service, Training, or Education

Sec. 351.307.  GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE, TRAINING, OR EDUCATION.  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may obtain reinstatement of an expired license without paying a lapsed renewal fee or other fee and without passing an examination if:(1)  the license holder's license expired while the license holder was engaged in:(A)  active duty with a United States military service or with the United States Public Health Service;(B)  full-time federal service;  or(C)  training or education under the supervision of the United States, before induction into a United States military service;(2)  termination of the license holder's service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge;  and(3)  not later than the first anniversary of the date of termination of the service, training, or education, the license holder provides the board with an affidavit stating that:(A)  the license holder was engaged in the service, training, or education;  and(B)  termination of the service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.308 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.308. Continuing Education

Sec. 351.308.  CONTINUING EDUCATION.  (a)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist must take annual courses in subjects relating to the use and application of scientific, technical, and clinical advances in subjects relating to the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry regularly taught in recognized optometric universities and schools, including:(1)  vision care;(2)  vision therapy;  and(3)  visual training.(b)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist must complete 16 hours of study each calendar year, of which at least six hours must be in the diagnosis or treatment of ocular disease.(c)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall fulfill the continuing education requirements by attending continuing education courses sponsored by an accredited college of optometry or a course approved by the board.  Course attendance must be certified to the board on a form approved by the board.  The license holder shall submit the certification with the license renewal application and fee.(d)  The board may take action necessary to qualify for federal funds or grants made available to establish or maintain continuing education programs.(e)  The board may not issue a renewal certificate to a license holder who has not complied with the requirements of this section unless the license holder:(1)  provides the board with evidence acceptable to the board that the license holder has, since the license expiration, completed sufficient hours of approved continuing education courses to satisfy any deficiency for the previous year;  and(2)  pays to the board in addition to the license renewal fee a penalty that is equal to the amount of the license renewal fee.(f)  Continuing education hours used by a license holder to satisfy a deficiency for the previous year under Subsection (e)(1) may not be used to satisfy the requirements for the year in which the hours are earned.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.309 (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 G. License Renewal|Section 351.309. Continuing Education Exemptions

Sec. 351.309.  CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS.  A person is exempt from the continuing education requirements of Section 351.308 if the person:(1)  holds a license but does not practice optometry or therapeutic optometry in this state;(2)  served in the regular armed forces of the United States during part of the most recent license term;(3)  submits proof to the board that the person suffered a serious or disabling illness or physical disability preventing the person from complying with the requirements during the most recent license term; or(4)  was first licensed during the period preceding the license renewal date.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 351.351 (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 351.351. License Holder Information

Sec. 351.351.  LICENSE HOLDER INFORMATION.  (a)  A license holder shall file with the board:(1)  the license holder's mailing address;(2)  the address of the license holder's residence;(3)  the mailing address of each office of the license holder;  and(4)  the address for the location of each office of the license holder that has an address different from the office's mailing address.(b)  Not later than the 10th day after the date of a change in the information required to be filed with the board under Subsection (a), the license holder shall file with the board a written notice of the change.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.352 (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 351.352. Optometric Files and Records

Sec. 351.352.  OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS.  (a)  All prescription files, patient records, and business records of an optometric practice are the sole property of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.(b)  A patient may obtain a copy of the patient's optometric records, or may have the records forwarded to another doctor, by making a signed, written request to the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist for the records.(c)  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may charge a reasonable processing fee for providing optometric records to a patient.  The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may provide the records in summary form unless the patient specifically requests otherwise.(d)  This section does not affect a patient's right of access to the patient's contact lens prescription under Chapter 353.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.353 (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 351.353. Initial Examination of Patient

Sec. 351.353.  INITIAL EXAMINATION OF PATIENT.  To ensure adequate examination of a patient for whom an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist signs or causes to be signed an ophthalmic lens prescription, in the initial examination of the patient the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall make and record, if possible, the following findings concerning the patient's condition:(1)  case history, consisting of ocular, physical, occupational, and other pertinent information;(2)  visual acuity;(3)  the results of a biomicroscopy examination, including an examination of lids, cornea, and sclera;(4)  the results of an internal ophthalmoscopic examination, including an examination of media and fundus;(5)  the results of a static retinoscopy, O.D., O.S., or autorefractor;(6)  subjective findings, far point and near point;(7)  assessment of binocular function;(8)  amplitude or range of accommodation;(9)  tonometry;  and(10)  angle of vision, to right and to left.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.354 (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 351.354. Certain Optometric Services Authorized

Sec. 351.354.  CERTAIN OPTOMETRIC SERVICES AUTHORIZED.  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may:(1)  perform:(A)  vision therapy;(B)  hand-eye coordination exercises;(C)  visual training;  and(D)  developmental vision therapy;  and(2)  evaluate and remedy a learning or behavioral disability associated with or caused by a defective or abnormal condition of vision.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.355 (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 351.355. Determining or Measuring Vision

Sec. 351.355.  DETERMINING OR MEASURING VISION.  In determining or measuring the powers of vision of the human eye, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may:(1)  examine the eye to diagnose the presence of a defect or abnormal condition, the presence or effect of which may be corrected, remedied, or relieved by the use of lenses or prisms;(2)  determine the accommodative or refractive condition or the range or powers of vision or muscular equilibrium of the eye;  or(3)  examine the human vision system to determine a departure from the normal, measure the system's powers of vision, or adapt lenses or prisms for the system's aid or relief.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 351.356 (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 351.356. Fitting Lenses or Prisms

Sec. 351.356.  FITTING LENSES OR PRISMS.  In fitting lenses or prisms, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may:(1)  directly or indirectly prescribe or supply lenses or prisms;(2)  make measurements involving the eyes or the optical requirements of the eyes;  or(3)  adapt or supply lenses or prisms to:(A)  correct, remedy, or relieve a defect or abnormal condition of the human eye;  or(B)  correct, remedy, or relieve or attempt to correct, remedy, or relieve the effect of a defect or abnormal condition of the human eye.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|