Tex. Occ. Code Section 353.101
Prohibited Selling or Dispensing


(a)

A person, other than the prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist, may not fill a contact lens prescription or sell or dispense contact lenses to a consumer in this state unless the person:

(1)

receives from the prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist or the consumer, directly or by facsimile, a contact lens prescription that has not expired and that conforms to the requirements of this chapter; or

(2)

verifies by direct communication a contact lens prescription to be filled.

(b)

A person receiving a direct communication under Subsection (a)(2) shall maintain a record of the communication.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 2.004, eff. September 1, 2005.

Source: Section 353.101 — Prohibited Selling or Dispensing, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­353.­htm#353.­101 (accessed May 11, 2024).

Accessed:
May 11, 2024

§ 353.101’s source at texas​.gov