Texas Occupations Code - Section 151.005. Governmental Discrimination Prohibited
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§ 151.005. GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a)
A program supported in whole or in part by the state or by a
political subdivision of the state may not discriminate against a
health care practitioner because the practitioner is a physician
specializing in ophthalmology.
(b) A law or policy of the state or of a political
subdivision of the state that requires or encourages a person to
obtain vision care or medical eye care that is within the scope of
practice of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not
discriminate against a health care practitioner because the
practitioner is a physician specializing in ophthalmology.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 112.001 112.002 112.051 151.001 151.002 151.003 151.004 151.005 151.051 151.052 151.053 151.054 151.055 151.056 152.001
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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