Short-Term Prescription

Tex. Occupations Code § 353.154, under Contact Lens Prescription Act.

Tex. Occupations Code § 353.154

Sec. 353.154. SHORT-TERM PRESCRIPTION. If a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist writes a contact lens prescription for a period of less than one year, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall: (1) give the patient a verbal explanation of the reason for the action at the time of the action; and (2) maintain in the patient's records a written explanation of the reason. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.