Section 351.352 - Optometric Files and Records(a) All prescription files, patient records, and business records of an optometric practice are the sole property of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.(b) A patient may obtain a copy of the patient's optometric records, or may have the records forwarded to another doctor, by making a signed, written request to the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist for the records.(c) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may charge a reasonable processing fee for providing optometric records to a patient. The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may provide the records in summary form unless the patient specifically requests otherwise.(d) This section does not affect a patient's right of access to the patient's contact lens prescription under Chapter 353. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.