Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.352 — OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS

OC § 351.352Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION · Ch. 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS · Art. H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER

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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.

Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.