Tex. Occ. Code Section 353.158
Prohibited Action by Physician, Optometrist, or Therapeutic Optometrist

A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may not:

(1)

charge a patient a fee in addition to or as part of the examination fee and fitting fee as a condition for issuing or verifying a contact lens prescription; or

(2)

condition the availability to a patient of an eye examination, a fitting for contact lenses, the issuance or verification of a contact lens prescription, or a combination of those services on a requirement that the patient agree to purchase contact lenses or other ophthalmic goods from the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist or from a specific ophthalmic dispenser.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 2.011, eff. September 1, 2005.

Source: Section 353.158 — Prohibited Action by Physician, Optometrist, or Therapeutic Optometrist, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­353.­htm#353.­158 (accessed May 11, 2024).

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