Sec. 351.455. PRACTICE PROHIBITED FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. (a) A person may not practice optometry or therapeutic optometry from house to house or on the streets or highways, notwithstanding any laws for the licensing of peddlers.
(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician from attending, prescribing for, or providing eyeglasses or ophthalmic lenses to a person:
(1) who, because of illness or physical or mental infirmity, is confined to the place the person resides; or
(2) in response to an unsolicited request or call for those services.
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 J. Prohibited Practices by License Holder
Section 351.451. Prohibited Treatment by License Holder
Section 351.452. Prohibited Use of Pharmaceutical Agent
Section 351.4521. Performance of Surgery Prohibited
Section 351.453. Examination Required for Prescription
Section 351.454. Contagious or Infectious Disease
Section 351.455. Practice Prohibited From House to House
Section 351.456. Practice Prohibited During License Suspension or Revocation
Section 351.457. Professional Responsibility; Fees
Section 351.458. Professional Responsibility; Use of Name or Professional Identification
Section 351.459. Mercantile Establishment; Prohibited Acts
Section 351.460. Relationships With Dispensing Opticians; Prohibited Acts