{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 353.153","heading":"TERM OF PRESCRIPTION.","body":"A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may not issue a contact lens prescription that expires before the first anniversary of the date the patient's prescription parameters are determined, unless a shorter prescription period is warranted by the patient's ocular health or by potential harm to the patient's ocular health.\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 353. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTION ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. CONTACT LENS PRESCRIPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.353.htm#353.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"18402bdf0bfcec68632cc9a2ebf37455b9bd82691432248f1ac4aa0c7e0a3d44","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}