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Tex. Occ. Code § 353.155

EXTENSION OF PRESCRIPTION

Known as the Contact Lens Prescription Act

The act spans §§ 353–353 (23 sections).

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may extend the expiration date for a contact lens prescription without completing another eye examination.

(b) On request by a patient, a prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall authorize at least once a two-month extension of the patient's contact lens prescription. The physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may extend the prescription in accordance with Section 353.104.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.