Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided August 4, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

Clinton DeWolfe, O.D. Chairman Texas Optometry Board P.O. Box 988 Blanco, Texas 78606

Re: Whether the Texas Optometry Act prohibits an optician from giving another free pair of spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses to a person who purchases a first pair (RQ-1667)

Dear Dr. DeWolfe:

You inform us that opticians and national laboratories have recently offered a free pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses to purchasers of a first pair of glasses or contact lenses. You ask whether these "buy-one, get-one-free" sales violate section 5.06 of the Texas Optometry Act and a board rule based on that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Brown v. DardenTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Employers' Casualty Co. v. Stewart Abstract Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  4. Hobart Mfg. Co. v. Joyce & MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  5. Axtell Co. v. WordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930

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