Tex. Occupations Code § 353.154

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 353.154, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 353.154. SHORT-TERM PRESCRIPTION.

Official statutory text

If a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist writes a contact lens prescription for a period of less than one year, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall:

(1) give the patient a verbal explanation of the reason for the action at the time of the action; and

(2) maintain in the patient's records a written explanation of the reason.

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