Tex. Occ. Code § 351.451 · Subchapter J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY LICENSE HOLDER
PROHIBITED TREATMENT BY LICENSE HOLDER.
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(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not provide a person with treatment except as authorized by law.
(b) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who violates Subsection (a) is considered to be practicing medicine without a license and, in addition to the penalties prescribed for a violation of this chapter, is subject to the penalty for the practice of medicine without a license.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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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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