Tex. Occupations Code § 353.158
PROHIBITED ACTION BY PHYSICIAN, OPTOMETRIST, OR THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRIST
Texas · Texas Occupations Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Occupations Code § 353.158, PROHIBITED ACTION BY PHYSICIAN, OPTOMETRIST, OR THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRIST, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/699216
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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.