Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.367 — CONTRACT OR EMPLOYMENT WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

OC § 351.367Title 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)In this section, "community health center" means a health organization that:

(1)is a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) and Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

(2)is organized and operated as:

(A)a migrant, community, or homeless health center under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 254b or 254c; or

(B)a federally qualified health center under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).

(b)The board by rule shall certify a health organization to contract with or employ an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist if the organization:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (S.B. 1476), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.