Sec. 351.361. LEASE; PAYMENT BASIS; ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

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(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may:
(1) lease space from an establishment;
(2) pay for franchise fees or other services on a percentage or gross receipts basis; or
(3) sell, transfer, or assign accounts receivable.
(b) Subsection (a)(2) does not authorize activity prohibited by Section 351.408.
(c) The purpose of this section is to protect the public in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry, better enable the public to assign professional responsibility, and further safeguard the doctor-patient relationship.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

                    
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