Tex. Occupations Code § 353.101
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 353.101, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 353.101. PROHIBITED SELLING OR DISPENSING.
Official statutory text
(a) A person, other than the prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist, may not fill a contact lens prescription or sell or dispense contact lenses to a consumer in this state unless the person:
(1) receives from the prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist or the consumer, directly or by facsimile, a contact lens prescription that has not expired and that conforms to the requirements of this chapter; or
(2) verifies by direct communication a contact lens prescription to be filled.
(b) A person receiving a direct communication under Subsection (a)(2) shall maintain a record of the communication.
(1) receives from the prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist or the consumer, directly or by facsimile, a contact lens prescription that has not expired and that conforms to the requirements of this chapter; or
(2) verifies by direct communication a contact lens prescription to be filled.
(b) A person receiving a direct communication under Subsection (a)(2) shall maintain a record of the communication.
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