| (a) Therapeutic optometrists are licensed to administer
and prescribe ophthalmic devices, over-the-counter medications, and
topical ocular pharmaceutical agents, other than antiglaucoma agents,
for the purpose of diagnosing and treating visual defects, abnormal
conditions and diseases of the human eye and adnexa, and to be able
to remove superficial foreign matter and eyelashes from the external
eye or adnexa.
(b) A licensed optometrist who is not certified as
a therapeutic optometrist may only use topical ocular pharmaceutical
agents for the purpose of ascertaining and measuring the powers of
vision of the human eye, examining and diagnosing visual defects,
abnormal conditions, and diseases of the human eye and adnexa, and
fitting lenses or prisms to correct or remedy any defect or abnormal
condition of vision.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §280.1 adopted to be effective September 2, 1991, 16 TexReg 4454; amended to be effective September 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 5746; amended to be effective August 2, 1998, 23 TexReg 7565; amended to be effective December 12, 1999, 24 TexReg 11103; amended to be effective May 22, 2023, 48 TexReg 2573; amended to be effective September 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 7326 |
