Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.451 — PROHIBITED TREATMENT BY LICENSE HOLDER

OC § 351.451Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION · Ch. 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS · Art. J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY LICENSE HOLDER

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(a)An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not provide a person with treatment except as authorized by law.

(b)An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who violates Subsection (a) is considered to be practicing medicine without a license and, in addition to the penalties prescribed for a violation of this chapter, is subject to the penalty for the practice of medicine without a license.

Legislative history

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