Tex. Occ. Code § 353.154 · Subchapter D. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTIONS
SHORT-TERM PRESCRIPTION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist writes a contact lens prescription for a period of less than one year, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall:
(1) give the patient a verbal explanation of the reason for the action at the time of the action; and
(2) maintain in the patient's records a written explanation of the reason.
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.353.htm
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