Tex. Occ. Code Section 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 151.005 — Governmental Discrimination Prohibited, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­151.­htm#151.­005 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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