Tex. Occ. Code § 351.4521 · Subchapter J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY LICENSE HOLDER
PERFORMANCE OF SURGERY PROHIBITED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A therapeutic optometrist may not perform surgery or laser surgery.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.152(e), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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