{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.2595","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.2595","heading":"LICENSE WITHOUT EXAMINATION.","body":"The board may issue a license to practice therapeutic optometry without requiring the applicant to pass all or part of the examination required by Section 351.253 if:\n(1) the applicant is licensed in good standing as a therapeutic optometrist in another state;\n(2) the applicant has passed an examination that is equivalent or superior to the examination required by Section 351.253;\n(3) during at least five of the seven years preceding the application date, the applicant has been:\n(A) actively engaged in the practice of therapeutic optometry; or\n(B) engaged in full-time teaching at an accredited college of optometry or medicine;\n(4) there are no pending disciplinary actions against the applicant in the state in which the applicant is licensed; and\n(5) the applicant's license has never been suspended or revoked.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.156(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","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#351.2595","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"2b0b71b7459a72dae11b3cd8dda3db0d02f701252cb52648debb79457201c1af","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.259","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}