Texas Statutes
§ 353.154 — SHORT-TERM PRESCRIPTION.
Texas § 353.154
JurisdictionTexas
Code OCOccupations Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 353.154 (2026).
Text
Sec. 353.154. SHORT-TERM PRESCRIPTION. If a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist writes a contact lens prescription for a period of less than one year, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall:
(1)give the patient a verbal explanation of the reason for the action at the time of the action; and
(2)maintain in the patient's records a written explanation of the reason.
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Legislative History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
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§ 353.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 353.002
DEFINITIONS.§ 353.003
EFFECT OF CHAPTER.§ 353.101
PROHIBITED SELLING OR DISPENSING.§ 353.1015
VERIFICATION PROCEDURE.§ 353.102
ACCURACY REQUIRED.§ 353.104
EMERGENCY REFILL.§ 353.153
TERM OF PRESCRIPTION.§ 353.154
SHORT-TERM PRESCRIPTION.§ 353.155
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