Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.353 — INITIAL EXAMINATION OF PATIENT

OC § 351.353Title 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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To ensure adequate examination of a patient for whom an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist signs or causes to be signed an ophthalmic lens prescription, in the initial examination of the patient the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall make and record, if possible, the following findings concerning the patient's condition:

(1)case history, consisting of ocular, physical, occupational, and other pertinent information;

(2)visual acuity;

(3)the results of a biomicroscopy examination, including an examination of lids, cornea, and sclera;

(4)the results of an internal ophthalmoscopic examination, including an examination of media and fundus;

(5)the results of a static retinoscopy, O.D., O.S., or autorefractor;

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Legislative history

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