Tex. Occ. Code § 351.607 · Subchapter M. OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
DISPENSING CONTACT LENSES; PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person dispenses a contact lens by mail or otherwise to a patient in this state without having a valid prescription signed by an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000 for each lens dispensed. The fine is in addition to any other penalty imposed under this chapter.
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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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 351.607. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 351.602INJUNCTION; DAMAGES.Printed as Section 351.251, 351.409, or 351.607
- Tex. Occ. Code § 351.603ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OR BOARD; CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 351.251, 351.403, 351.409, or 351.607
- Tex. Occ. Code § 351.604DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES.Printed as Section 351.607
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