Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.457 — PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY; FEES

OC § 351.457Title 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 directly or indirectly divide, share, split, or allocate a fee for optometric services or materials with:

(1)a layperson, firm, or corporation; or

(2)another optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician, except on the basis of a division of service or responsibility.

(b)Subsection (a) does not:

(1)prevent an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist from paying an employee in the regular course of employment;

(2)prevent establishment of a partnership for the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry; or

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Legislative history

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