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TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 14TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD
CHAPTER 279INTERPRETATIONS
RULE §279.14Patient Files

Patient's optometric records are defined as the patient chart, historical record, or working document during the course of examination and patient care between the doctor and patient. The patient's records may contain information regarding spectacle prescription findings and contact lens prescription findings but do not include a prescription for spectacles or contact lenses.


Source Note: The provisions of this §279.14 adopted to be effective January 7, 1994, 18 TexReg 9934; amended to be effective February 15, 1996, 21 TexReg 878; amended to be effective August 2, 1998, 23 TexReg 7564; amended to be effective May 7, 2000, 25 TexReg 3955; amended to be effective September 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 6679

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