Health Professions; Optometrists and Opticians; State Boards, Commissions, Departments; Nurse Examiners, Board of Vocational
GA-0236
Texas Attorney General Opinion
Therapeutic optometrists, section 301.002(2)(c) of the Nursing Practices Act does not authorize therapeutic optometrists to give orders to registered nurses to administer medication or treatment|Administering dangerous drugs, the Board of Nurse Examiners may not permit registered nurses to administer a dangerous drug on the order of a therapeutic optometrist
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