{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.251","heading":"LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"A person may not practice optometry or therapeutic optometry unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION","CHAPTER 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS","SUBCHAPTER F. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.htm#351.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"24fd9e29a71af917fb2a687d79e705eee871a0174325eb6cc39ba84bbd341735","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}