{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.352","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.352","heading":"OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS.","body":"(a) All prescription files, patient records, and business records of an optometric practice are the sole property of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.\n(b) A patient may obtain a copy of the patient's optometric records, or may have the records forwarded to another doctor, by making a signed, written request to the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist for the records.\n(c) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may charge a reasonable processing fee for providing optometric records to a patient. The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may provide the records in summary form unless the patient specifically requests otherwise.\n(d) This section does not affect a patient's right of access to the patient's contact lens prescription under Chapter 353.\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 H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.htm#351.352","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"a04cd5a2914d98f98ca49127770098a41d86ad57f88a1758e53352a5504fb3a9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.351","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.353"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}