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Tex. Occupations Code § 351.451: PROHIBITED TREATMENT BY LICENSE HOLDER.

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OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SUBTITLE F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION
CHAPTER 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS
SUBCHAPTER J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY LICENSE HOLDER

(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not provide a person with treatment except as authorized by law.

(b) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who violates Subsection (a) is considered to be practicing medicine without a license and, in addition to the penalties prescribed for a violation of this chapter, is subject to the penalty for the practice of medicine without a license.

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

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