# 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.1: 22 TAC § 280.1. Therapeutic License

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## Section

- **Citation:** 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.1
- **Heading:** 22 TAC § 280.1. Therapeutic License
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 22 EXAMINING BOARDS / Part 14 TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD / Chapter 280 THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRY / 22 TAC § 280.1

## Text

(a) Therapeutic optometrists are licensed to administer
 and prescribe ophthalmic devices, over-the-counter medications, and
 topical ocular pharmaceutical agents, other than antiglaucoma agents,
 for the purpose of diagnosing and treating visual defects, abnormal
 conditions and diseases of the human eye and adnexa, and to be able
 to remove superficial foreign matter and eyelashes from the external
 eye or adnexa.
(b) A licensed optometrist who is not certified as
 a therapeutic optometrist may only use topical ocular pharmaceutical
 agents for the purpose of ascertaining and measuring the powers of
 vision of the human eye, examining and diagnosing visual defects,
 abnormal conditions, and diseases of the human eye and adnexa, and
 fitting lenses or prisms to correct or remedy any defect or abnormal
 condition of vision.

## Nearby sections

- [22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.1 22 TAC § 280.1. Therapeutic License](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T22_P14_C280_S280_1.md)
- [22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.5 22 TAC § 280.5. Prescription and Diagnostic Drugs for Therapeutic Optometry](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T22_P14_C280_S280_5.md)
- [22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.6 22 TAC § 280.6. Procedures Authorized for Therapeutic Optometrists](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T22_P14_C280_S280_6.md)
- [22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.9 22 TAC § 280.9. Optometric Glaucoma Specialist](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T22_P14_C280_S280_9.md)
- [22 Tex. Admin. Code § 280.10 22 TAC § 280.10. Optometric Glaucoma Specialist: Administration and Prescribing of Oral Medications and Anti-Glaucoma Drugs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T22_P14_C280_S280_10.md)

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