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.
Tex. Occ. Code § 351.453
EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR PRESCRIPTION
Known as the Texas Optometry Act
The act spans §§ 351–351 (147 sections).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.