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Tex. Occupations Code § 351.352

OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS

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Tex. Occupations Code § 351.352, OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/699123
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(a) All prescription files, patient records, and business records of an optometric practice are the sole property of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist. (b) A patient may obtain a copy of the patient's optometric records, or may have the records forwarded to another doctor, by making a signed, written request to the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist for the records. (c) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may charge a reasonable processing fee for providing optometric records to a patient. The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may provide the records in summary form unless the patient specifically requests otherwise. (d) This section does not affect a patient's right of access to the patient's contact lens prescription under Chapter 353.