Tex. Occupations Code § 351.401
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 351.401, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 351.401. PROHIBITED OFFER, REPRESENTATION, OR DESIGNATION.
Official statutory text
Unless a person is licensed to practice under this chapter, the person may not:
(1) offer to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry;
(2) represent to others that the person is authorized to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry; or
(3) use in connection with the person's name a designation implying that the person practices optometry or therapeutic optometry.
(1) offer to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry;
(2) represent to others that the person is authorized to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry; or
(3) use in connection with the person's name a designation implying that the person practices optometry or therapeutic optometry.
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