Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 14 - TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD
Chapter 279 - INTERPRETATIONS
Section 279.5 - Dispensing Ophthalmic Materials

Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 279.5

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The dispensing of medications, spectacles, contact lenses, or ophthalmic devices without a valid prescription constitutes the unlawful practice of optometry, subject to penalties under the Texas Optometry Act, §§ 351.251, 351.406, 351.602, 351.603, 351.606 and 351.607.

(b) The Texas Optometry Act, § 351.453, relates to prescribing without examination. Nothing in this section prohibits a licensed optometrist or therapeutic optometrist from:

(1) duplicating a patient's spectacle lenses;

(2) filling or having filled a prescription that has been signed by an authorized practitioner;

(3) dispensing or having dispensed lenses from a patient's optometric record located within the same optometric office; or

(4) replacing or repairing frames or parts thereof.

(c) Under the Texas Optometry Act, §§ 351.005, 351.356 and 351.357, the practice of optometry and therapeutic optometry includes prescribing lenses or prisms, and an ophthalmic dispenser is charged to fill such prescription in accordance with the specific directions of a prescription of a licensed physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist.

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