TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD: WEBSITE

Licensing Doctors of Optometry and Regulating the Practice of Optometry

August 2009 Newsletter

Recommendations from the State Department of Health Services Regarding Patients or Staff Members with Symptoms of Influenza

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Board Formed to Regulate Practice of Optometry


2009
Today most optometrists are Therapeutic Optometrists & Optometric Glaucoma Specialists. These doctors of optometry are licensed to provide the health care listed on this chart:
	Click here for more information about these procedures and optometry

All optometrists may determine powers of vision and write contact lens and eyeglass prescriptions, but in the 21st century, Optometry is the "primary eye care profession"

Texas Optometry Act

State law, the Texas Optometry Act, authorizes the Texas Optometry Board to regulate the practice of optometry. The Optometry Act requires the Board to carefully screen applicants for an optometry license, insure that optometrists are eligible to renew their license on an annual basis, set fees, and investigate complaints. The Board has adopted rules to explain and enforce state law.

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	the Board

FOR PATIENTS & CONSUMERS			FOR OPTOMETRISTS
FOR PATIENTS & CONSUMERS			FOR OPTOMETRISTS
Complaints			Main Information Page
Contact Lenses			Continuing Education (CE)
Find Optometrist / Discipline History			Drugs (Abuse Info) & Poison Control
Texas Optometry Act			Forms, Downloads, Lists & Reports
Board Meeting/ Agenda			HIPAA Information
About the Board & Directions			Links
Frequently Asked Questions			New Licensees
FOR APPLICANTS			Newsletters
Application for License			Optometric Glaucoma Specialist
Career Information			Prescription Requirements
ALL USERS			Rules
Employment			New Rules
Mailing Lists			Texas Optometry Act
Notices & Policies:Compact w/Texans; Privacy; Public Information; HIPAA			About the Board & Directions
Reports: Expenditures; E Savings; LAR; Strategic Plan; Reporting Fraud			Board Meeting / Agenda
Verification of License			Demographics

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Last Updated: 09/21/09

Board Contact: Chris.Kloeris@mail.capnet.state.tx.us

Website URL: http://www.tob.state.tx.us

Texas Optometry Board Telephone Number: 512-305-8500

333 Guadalupe Street, Suite 2-420

Austin, TX 78701

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