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Texas Occupations Code § 353.152

Requirements for Contact Lens Prescription

Contact Lens Prescription Act · Contact Lens Prescriptions

(a) A contact lens prescription must contain, at a minimum:

(1) the patient's name;

(2) the date the prescription was issued;

(3) the manufacturer of the contact lens to be dispensed, if needed;

(4) the expiration date of the prescription;

(5) the signature of the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist or a verification of the prescription described by Section 353.1015;

(6) if the prescription is issued by an optometrist, specification information required by Texas Optometry Board rule; and

(7) if the prescription is issued by a physician, specification information required by Texas Medical Board rule.

(b) The Texas Optometry Board and the Texas Medical Board may adopt rules regarding the contents of a prescription for contact lenses.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

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

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 2.009, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.042, eff. April 2, 2015.

This section refers to

§ 353.1015