Section 280.1 - Therapeutic License(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.22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.1
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 by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 20, May 19, 2023, TexReg 2573, eff. 5/22/2023; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 37, September 13, 2024, TexReg 7326, eff. 9/16/2024