Sec. 351.361. LEASE; PAYMENT BASIS; ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. (a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may:
(1) lease space from an establishment;
(2) pay for franchise fees or other services on a percentage or gross receipts basis; or
(3) sell, transfer, or assign accounts receivable.
(b) Subsection (a)(2) does not authorize activity prohibited by Section 351.408.
(c) The purpose of this section is to protect the public in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry, better enable the public to assign professional responsibility, and further safeguard the doctor-patient relationship.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Professions Related to Eyes and Vision
Chapter 351 - Optometrists and Therapeutic Optometrists
Subchapter H. Practice by License Holder
Section 351.351. License Holder Information
Section 351.352. Optometric Files and Records
Section 351.353. Initial Examination of Patient
Section 351.354. Certain Optometric Services Authorized
Section 351.355. Determining or Measuring Vision
Section 351.356. Fitting Lenses or Prisms
Section 351.357. Fitting and Dispensing Contact Lenses
Section 351.358. Ophthalmic Devices, Oral Medications, and Pharmaceutical Agents
Section 351.3581. Treatment of Glaucoma
Section 351.360. Professional Standard of Therapeutic Optometrist
Section 351.361. Lease; Payment Basis; Accounts Receivable
Section 351.362. Professional Responsibility; Name of Practice
Section 351.363. Mercantile Establishment
Section 351.364. Relationships With Dispensing Opticians
Section 351.365. Patient Rights Regarding Spectacle Prescription
Section 351.366. Authority to Form Certain Jointly Owned Entities
Section 351.367. Contract or Employment With Community Health Centers