{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.451","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.451","heading":"PROHIBITED TREATMENT BY LICENSE HOLDER.","body":"(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not provide a person with treatment except as authorized by law.\n(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.\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 J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY LICENSE HOLDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.htm#351.451","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"c33f9998132713cd19c5616c27a6e2f816c798acf7079995b9d23550a85f0e31","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.409","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}