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Tex. Occupations Code § 351.451

PROHIBITED TREATMENT BY LICENSE HOLDER

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Tex. Occupations Code § 351.451, PROHIBITED TREATMENT BY LICENSE HOLDER, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/699151
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(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not provide a person with treatment except as authorized by law. (b) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who violates Subsection (a) is considered to be practicing medicine without a license and, in addition to the penalties prescribed for a violation of this chapter, is subject to the penalty for the practice of medicine without a license.