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The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. Duties of the Board are to administer examinations, issue licenses, investigate and adjudicate complaints if possible, enforce advertising regulations and limitations, and renew licenses. Licenses are renewed annually, and beginning in 1975, continuing education became a mandatory requirement for license renewals. The Board also makes available to the public information of consumer interest describing the regulatory functions of the Board, procedures for filing complaints, and how complaints are resolved. In 1981, the Board was given the authority to promulgate procedural rules and regulations. In 1991, the Optometry Act was changed to allow for the licensing of therapeutic optometrists, allowing optometrists to treat certain conditions of the eye, remove foreign materials from the eye, and prescribe certain medications.
The Board enforces the standards of conduct of optometrists and investigates complaints. Enforcement actions taken against optometrists include revoking, suspending, or refusing to issue licenses. An Investigative Committee, composed of Board members who are licensed or therapeutic optometrists, conducts the investigations, with the Executive Director supervising the proceedings. Informal conferences are held to determine the outcome of the complaint. Proposed orders regarding disciplinary action are then presented to the Board for approval. Cases not resolved in the conferences are referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
The state of Texas began regulating the practice of optometry in 1921, through the creation of the Texas State Board of Examiners in Optometry, Senate Bill 50, 37th Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session. The board was given the task of regulating, through examination and licensing, optometrists in Texas. The Board was originally composed of five members, later six, all licensed optometrists, appointed by the Governor to six-year overlapping terms.
The Texas Optometry Board was created in 1969 by Senate Bill 781, 61st Legislature, Regular Session, to replace the State Board of Examiners in Optometry. The Optometry Board was initially composed of six members, all licensed optometrists, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, to six-year overlapping terms. In 1981, the board was increased to nine members, all appointed by the Governor as previously. Six members must be Texas residents and practicing licensed optometrists for at least five years, three of them affiliated with the Texas Optometric Association, the other three with the Texas Association of Optometrists, Inc. The three remaining members are from the general public. The chair is elected by the Board. As of 2006 the board employed an Executive Director and several administrative and clerical staff. There are no formal divisions.
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The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. The records of the Optometry Board consist of minutes, agenda, meeting files, correspondence, reports, surveys, rules and regulations, and a policies and procedures manual. Minutes are also present for the Texas State Board of Examiners in Optometry, predecessor to the Optometry Board. Dates covered are 1921-2008. Topics covered in these files include issuing licenses, conducting examinations, handling complaints, continuing education issues, and rule changes.
These records are organized by State Archives staff into three series and two subseries.
The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
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Original minutes are located at the Texas Optometry Board.
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Optometry Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Processed by Laura Saegert, March 1997
Additonal meeting files added by Laura K. Saegert, October 1997, August 1998, October 1999 December 2000, December 2001
Finding aid converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by TARO using the conversion stylesheet v1to02.xsl, July 2003
Additional meeting files added by Laura K. Saegert, September 2004
Additional meeting files added and DACS compliance by Laura K. Saegert, October 2006
Additional meeting files added by Laura K. Saegert, September 2008
These records were appraised by the State Archives staff as archival
on April 22, 1996 as part of an agency-wide appraisal of the Texas Optometry
Board. For more information about the appraisal of the Texas Optometry Board
records, see the appraisal report by State Archives staff on file in the search
room of the Archives and Information Services Division. It can also be found on
the website of the Texas State Library at
Accession numbers: 1996/070, 1997/031, 1997/032, 1998/018, 1999/005, 2000/014, 2001/045, 2002/126, 2003/016, 2004/112, 2005/033, 2005/113, 2006/045, 2006/062, 2007/057 and 2008/005
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Optometry Board on March 1, and October 27, 1996; October 7, 1997; September 20, 1998; September 16, 1999; October 19, 2000; April 11 and September 24, 2002; and March 12, 2004; February 25 and November 4, 2005; November 10, 2006; and September 7, 2007; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on September 29, 2004 and November 8, 2005.
Minutes and agenda are sent to the State Archives two to three times a year.
The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. These files contain minutes of the Texas Optometry Board and its predecessor, the Texas State Board of Examiners in Optometry, along with meeting agenda, and documents presented to the Texas Optometry Board, including correspondence, financial reports, memos to Board members, rules, Board interpretation of rules, memorandum opinions of the Board's general counsel, Attorney General opinions, and committee reports. Dates covered are 1921-2008. Committees regularly reporting include Continuing Education, Investigation, Examination, and Licensing. Correspondence to the Board is generally from outside groups or individuals, such as companies, professional associations, or optometrists, and concern policies, regulations or similar questions that are discussed at the Board meetings. Topics covered in these meetings include issuing licenses, conducting examinations, handling complaints, continuing education issues, and rule changes.
These are organized into two subseries:
(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Board meeting records, Texas Optometry Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1996/070, 1997/031, 1997/032, 1998/018, 1999/005, 2000/014, 2001/045, 2002/126, 2003/016, 2004/112, 2005/033, 2005/113, 2006/045, 2006/062, 2007/057, and 2008/005
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Optometry Board on March 1, and October 27, 1996; October 7, 1997; September 20, 1998; September 16, 1999; October 19, 2000; April 11 and September 24, 2002; and March 12, 2004; February 25 and November 4, 2005; November 10, 2006; and September 7, 2007; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on September 29, 2004 and November 8, 2005.
Processed by Laura Saegert, March 1997
Additonal minutes added by Laura K. Saegert, October 1997, August 1998, October 1999, December 2000, December 2001, September 2004
Additional minutes added and DACS compliance by Laura K. Saegert, October 2006
Additional minutes added by Laura K. Saegert, September 2008
The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. These records are the minutes of the Texas Optometry Board and its predecessor, the Texas State Board of Examiners in Optometry. Dates covered are 1921-2008. Topics covered in these meetings include issuing licenses, conducting examinations, handling complaints, continuing education issues, and rule changes. Minutes 1921-1978 are on 16 mm microfilm, late 1978-2003 are paper copies.
The files are arranged chronologically by meeting date as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Board meeting minutes, Texas Optometry Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1996/070, 1997/031, 1998/018, 1999/005, 2000/014, 2001/045, 2002/126, 2003/016, 2004/112, 2005/033, 2005/113, 2006/045, 2006/062, 2007/057 and 2008/005
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Optometry Board on March 1, and October 27, 1996; October 7, 1997; September 20, 1998; September 16, 1999; October 19, 2000; April 11 and September 24, 2002; March 12, 2004; February 25 and November 4, 2005; November 11, 2006; and September 7, 2007; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on September 29, 2004 and November 8, 2005.
Processed by Laura Saegert, March 1997
Additonal minutes and meeting files added by Laura K. Saegert, October 1997
Additional minutes added by Laura K. Saegert, August 1998, October 1999, December 2000, December 2001, September 2004
Additional minutes added and DACS compliance by Laura K. Saegert, October 2006
Additional minutes added by Laura K. Saegert, September 2008
The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. These files contain minutes, meeting agenda, and documents presented to the Optometry Board, including correspondence, financial reports, memos to Board members, rules, Board interpretation of rules, memorandum opinions of the Board's general counsel, Attorney General opinions, and committee reports. Dates covered are 1970-1985. Committees regularly reporting include Continuing Education, Investigation, Examination, and Licensing. Correspondence concerns rules, regulations, policies, and similar questions that were discussed by the Board at the meetings. Topics covered in these meetings include issuing licenses, conducting examinations, handling complaints, continuing education issues, and rule changes. Meeting files are on 16mm microfilm. Paper copies of meeting files after July 1985 are available at the Optometry Board.
The files are arranged chronologically by meeting date as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Board meeting files, Texas Optometry Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1997/031, 1997/032
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Optometry Board on October 27, 1996.
Processed by Laura Saegert, March 1997
The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. These records are reports, surveys, etc. with cover letters, such as annual reports, agency surveys, questionnaires, and requests for information from other state agencies. Dates covered are 1986-1992. Reports, such as annual reports, are filed in the Texas Documents Collection rather than with these records. The surveys, questionnaires, and requests concern a variety of topics and are generated at the request of the Legislature or another state agency. Administrative correspondence to the Board from outside groups or individuals, such as companies, professional associations, or optometrists concerning policies, regulations or similar questions were discussed at the Board meetings and are filed in the series Board meeting records.
These records are arranged in reverse chronological order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Correspondence and reports, Texas Optometry Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession number: 1997/031
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Optometry Board on October 27, 1996.
Processed by Laura Saegert, March 1997
The Texas Optometry Board regulates the practice of optometry in Texas to ensure that the public is protected from incompetent services, fraud, and misrepresentation. This series consists of a manual describing the procedures for carrying out the Board's primary functions, including conducting examinations, issuing and renewing licenses, handling complaints, and continuing education responsibilities. The manual is dated about 1993. Also included are a set of the Boards' rules, dating 1994, and a copy of the Texas Optometry Board Act, as amended through 1993.
These records are arranged as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Policies and procedures manual, Texas Optometry Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession number: 1997/031
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Optometry Board on October 27, 1996.
Processed by Laura Saegert, March 1997