{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.401","heading":"PROHIBITED OFFER, REPRESENTATION, OR DESIGNATION.","body":"Unless a person is licensed to practice under this chapter, the person may not:\n(1) offer to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry;\n(2) represent to others that the person is authorized to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry; or\n(3) use in connection with the person's name a designation implying that the person practices optometry or therapeutic optometry.\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 I. PROHIBITED PRACTICES IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.htm#351.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"c03831320af29aec81967695cc6768a94b3831b30f02a3c85dec5c1414b9f76d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.367","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}