Sec. 353.005. RULES

(a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules, including rules that require a person dispensing contact lenses to maintain certain information when verifying a prescription under Section 353.1015, as necessary to:

(1) govern and implement verification procedures under Section 353.1015; and

(2) enter into interagency and other agreements to implement and enforce this chapter.

(b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Optometry Board shall each adopt rules relating to contact lens prescriptions and the dispensing of contact lenses, including rules that allow for interagency agreements, as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.

(c) In implementing rules under Subsection (b), the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Optometry Board:

(1) shall cooperate with one another as necessary to adopt rules that are consistent with the rules adopted by the other agency; and

(2) may consult with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 , Sec. 2.003, eff. September 1, 2005.