Tex. Occ. Code § 351.367 · Subchapter H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
CONTRACT OR EMPLOYMENT WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (S.B. 1476), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.htm
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