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Optometrists And Opticians

Summaries

GA-0236
Greg Abbott

Therapeutic optometrists, section 301.002(2)(c) of the Nursing Practices Act does not authorize therapeutic optometrists to give orders to registered nurses to administer medication or treatment|Administering dangerous drugs, the Board of Nurse Examiners may not permit registered nurses to administer a dangerous drug on the order of a therapeutic optometrist

DM-0152
Dan Morales

Specific|Optometrists' authority to administer or prescribe drugs or physical treatments, article III, section 51-a does not preclude|Therapeutic optometrist may not administer or prescribe antiviral or antiglaucoma topical ocular pharmaceutical agents

DM-0170
Dan Morales

Retailer|Ophthalmic goods|Retailer of ophthalmic goods, optometrist who is retailer with offices at fewer than four locations is not subject to statutory conflict of interest provision|Ophthalmic goods, optometrist who is also retailer of with offices at fewer than four locations is not subject to statutory conflict of interest provision

DM-0416
Dan Morales

Cocaine eye drops, Board may adopt rule authorizing therapeutic optometrist to administer in certain circumstances|Cocaine eye drops, Optometry Board may adopt rule authorizing therapeutic optometrist to administer in certain circumstances

DM-0425
Dan Morales

Surgery|Definition may not be imported from one statute to a prior-enacted statute (Superseded by statute as noted in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0097 (1999))|Therapeutic optometrist, authority of Board to define surgery for purposes of limiting practice of (Superseded by statute as noted in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0097 (1999))|Surgery, therapeutic optometrist may not perform (Superseded by statute as noted in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0097 (1999))

JC-0097
John Cornyn

Surgery|Surgery, therapeutic optometrist may perform procedures within statutory definition of

JC-0381
John Cornyn

Professional title, the term "Optometric Glaucoma Specialist" may not be used exclusively as a|Optometric Glaucoma Specialist