{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.453","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.453","heading":"EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR PRESCRIPTION.","body":"An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not sign, or cause to be signed, an ophthalmic lens prescription without first personally examining the eyes of the person for whom the prescription is made.\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#351.453","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"1204628dc290d5ab16a90e0255f9c8f19a2e256c7860a27a10db36d6bf7d2caf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.4521","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}