If a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist writes a contact lens prescription for a period of less than one year, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall:

1. (1) give the patient a verbal explanation of the reason for the action at the time of the action; and
2. (2) maintain in the patient's records a written explanation of the reason.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.