Texas Occupations Code

§ 353.153 — TERM OF PRESCRIPTION

OC § 353.153Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION · Ch. 353. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTION ACT · Art. D. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTIONS

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A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may not issue a contact lens prescription that expires before the first anniversary of the date the patient's prescription parameters are determined, unless a shorter prescription period is warranted by the patient's ocular health or by potential harm to the patient's ocular health.

Legislative history

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