Texas Statutes
§ 351.353 — INITIAL EXAMINATION OF PATIENT.
Texas § 351.353
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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 351.353 (2026).
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Sec. 351.353. INITIAL EXAMINATION OF PATIENT. To ensure adequate examination of a patient for whom an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist signs or causes to be signed an ophthalmic lens prescription, in the initial examination of the patient the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall make and record, if possible, the following findings concerning the patient's condition:
(1)case history, consisting of ocular, physical, occupational, and other pertinent information;
(2)visual acuity;
(3)the results of a biomicroscopy examination, including an examination of lids, cornea, and sclera;
(4)the results of an internal ophthalmoscopic examination, including an examination of media and fundus;
(5)the results of a static retinoscopy, O.D., O.S., or autorefractor;
(6)subjective finding
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Related
Anthony Nguyen, O.D. v. Texas Optometry Board
(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2025)
Legislative History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 351.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 351.002
DEFINITIONS.§ 351.003
REFERENCE IN OTHER LAW.§ 351.004
SUNSET PROVISION.§ 351.005
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER; EXEMPTIONS.§ 351.051
TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP.§ 351.052
MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY.§ 351.054
TERMS.§ 351.055
OFFICERS.§ 351.056
GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.§ 351.057
PER DIEM; REIMBURSEMENT.§ 351.058
MEETINGS.§ 351.059
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