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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter.
(b) A remedial plan may not contain a provision that:
(1) revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry; or
(2) assesses an administrative penalty against a person.
(c) A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:
(1) concerning:
(A) a death;
(B) a hospitalization; or
(C) the commission of a felony; or
(2) in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices optometry or therapeutic optometry.
(d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding 24 months for the resolution of a different complaint filed under this chapter.
(e) If a license holder complies with and successfully completes the terms of a remedial plan, the board shall remove all records of the remedial plan from the board's records on the second anniversary of the date the license holder successfully completes the remedial plan.
(f) The board may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering the plan.
(g) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 351.509. Remedial Plan - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/occupations-code/occ-sect-351-509/
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