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Annual Newsletters – Any reference to a statute or rule was current as of the date the newsletter was published. The information may have been superseded by changes to rules or statutes.
•Clarification of Advertising including designation, specialization, and certification • Leasing Space from Mercantile/Optical • Licensing Changes & Administrative Rules Update • Update Contact Information
•Clarification of Texas Optometry Act • Practice Pointers • Jurisprudence Exam Update • Amended Rules • Office Inspections • Update Contact Information
•Agency Relocation •Telehealth •Initial Patient Examinations •CE Broker Requirement •Glaucoma Complaints •Rules Update •CPR or BLS required after January 1, 2023 •88th Legislative Session
•SB993-Scope Expansion •CE Broker Partnership •Rules Update •Continuing Education Provider Update •Online Examinations •Telehealth Services •Office Inspections •TOB Office Relocation •Peer Assistance Program Information
•Two Year License Renewal Instructions •Continuing Education Requirements to Renew for 2021 •COVID-19 Information •Peer Assistance •Office Inspections •Information for New Licensees •Drug Abuse / Poison Control Information •Submission of CE •New Rules
•Prescription Monitoring Program •New Laws •New Diagnostic/Therapeutic CE Requirement •Peer Assistance •Future 2 Year License Renewal •On-Line License Renewal Certificates •Information for New Licensees •Reporting Illegal Contact Sales •Office Inspections •CPR Course Reporting •New Rules
•Required Registration and Use of Prescription Monitoring Program •Peer Assistance •On-Line License Renewal Certificates •Information for New Licensees •Reporting Illegal Contact Sales •Office Inspections •Deaf Patients •Disaster Volunteering
•Changes to Optometry Act (renewal fee changes, fingerprint requirements) •Prescription Monitoring Program •Peer Assistance •EMR Issues •Information for New Licensees •Optometrist Websites •Office Inspections •New Laws
Special Advertising Issue: •Advertising “Board Certified” or “Specialist” •Required Professional Identification on Prescriptions, Office Door, and in Advertising •Required Names on Office Door •Advertising Restrictions When Leasing Space From a Retailer •Advertising “Free Eye Exams” •Advertising Unauthorized Procedures, Duties, and Comparisons