Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 351.502 - Wilful or Repeated Noncompliance(a) The board shall consider the wilful or repeated failure or refusal of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to comply with the requirements of Sections 351.353, 351.359, and 351.405 as prima facie evidence that the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence within the meaning of Section 351.501(a)(2) and as sufficient ground for the filing of charges to revoke or suspend a license.(b) The board shall consider the wilful or repeated failure or refusal of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to comply with the requirements of Sections 351.361, 351.362, 351.457, and 351.458 as prima facie evidence that the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist has violated this chapter and as sufficient ground for the filing of charges to revoke or suspend a license.(c) Section 351.361(c) applies to Subsection (b). Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.