Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 353.155 - Extension of Prescription(a) A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may extend the expiration date for a contact lens prescription without completing another eye examination.(b) On request by a patient, a prescribing physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall authorize at least once a two-month extension of the patient's contact lens prescription. The physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may extend the prescription in accordance with Section 353.104. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.