{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.158","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 353.158","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTION BY PHYSICIAN, OPTOMETRIST, OR THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRIST.","body":"A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may not:\n(1) charge a patient a fee in addition to or as part of the examination fee and fitting fee as a condition for issuing or verifying a contact lens prescription; or\n(2) condition the availability to a patient of an eye examination, a fitting for contact lenses, the issuance or verification of a contact lens prescription, or a combination of those services on a requirement that the patient agree to purchase contact lenses or other ophthalmic goods from the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist or from a specific ophthalmic dispenser.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 2.011, eff. September 1, 2005.","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#353.158","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"689d7607ccd680b60658f7abb8e3ce4c216e3e54b46c059802fc61a368358050","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-353.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}