Texas § OC.351.352 - OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS
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§ OC.351.352. OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS
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. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section OC.351.352 ("OPTOMETRIC FILES AND RECORDS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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