Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 351.457. Professional Responsibility; Fees

(1) a layperson, firm, or corporation; or

(2) another optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician, except on the basis of a division of service or responsibility.

(1) prevent an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist from paying an employee in the regular course of employment;

(2) prevent establishment of a partnership for the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry; or

(3) prohibit an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist from being employed on a salary, with or without a bonus arrangement, by an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician, regardless of the amount of supervision exerted by the employer over the office in which the employee works.