{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 353.151","heading":"DIRECTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT DISPENSER; DELEGATION.","body":"(a) If a physician's directions, instructions, or orders are to be performed or a physician's prescription is to be filled by a person who is independent of the physician's office, the directions, instructions, orders, or prescription must be:\n(1) in writing or verified under Section 353.1015;\n(2) of a scope and content and communicated to the person in a form and manner that, in the professional judgment of the physician, best serves the health, safety, and welfare of the physician's patient; and\n(3) in a form and detail consistent with the person's skill and knowledge.\n(b) A person who dispenses contact lenses may measure the eye or cornea and may evaluate the physical fit of lenses for a particular patient of a physician if the physician has delegated in writing those responsibilities regarding that patient to the person in accordance with Subsection (a) and Section 351.005.\n(c) If a physician notes on a spectacle prescription \"fit for contacts\" or similar language and has, as required by Subsections (a) and (b), specifically delegated to a specific person the authority to make the additional measurements and evaluations necessary for a fully written contact lens prescription, the person may dispense contact lenses to the patient even though the prescription is less than a fully written contact lens prescription.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 2.008, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 3.028, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION","CHAPTER 353. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTION ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.353.htm#353.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f3db0e4bb9e74089681f895d7092d68519a0a4e05dff94ef3be852f56d7621b3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.105","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}