Texas Occupations Code
§ 151.005 — GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED
OC § 151.005Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A program supported in whole or in part by the state or by a political subdivision of the state may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is a physician specializing in ophthalmology.
(b)A law or policy of the state or of a political subdivision of the state that requires or encourages a person to obtain vision care or medical eye care that is within the scope of practice of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is a physician specializing in ophthalmology.
Legislative history
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.