Section 602.6 - Eye Treatments and Procedures(a) Eye muscle surgery. (1) Additional treatment and/or surgery.(3) Partial or total blindness.(b) Surgery for cataract with or without implantation of intraocular lens. (1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(2) Need for glasses or contact lenses.(3) Complications requiring the removal of implanted lens.(4) Partial or total blindness.(c) Retinal or vitreous surgery. (1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(2) Recurrence or spread of disease.(3) Partial or total blindness.(d) Reconstructive and/or plastic surgical procedures of the eye and eye region, such as blepharoplasty, tumor, fracture, lacrimal surgery, foreign body, abscess, or trauma. (2) Nerve damage with loss of use and/or feeling to eye or other areas of face.(3) Painful or unattractive scarring.(4) Worsening or unsatisfactory appearance.(e) Photocoagulation and/or cryotherapy. (1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(3) Partial or total blindness.(f) Corneal surgery, such as corneal transplant, refractive surgery and pterygium. (1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(3) Need for glasses or contact lenses.(4) Partial or total blindness.(g) Glaucoma surgery by any method. (1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(2) Worsening of the glaucoma.(4) Partial or total blindness.(h) Removal of the eye or its contents (enucleation or evisceration).(1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(2) Worsening or unsatisfactory appearance.(3) Recurrence or spread of disease.(i) Surgery for penetrating ocular injury, including intraocular foreign body. (1) Complications requiring additional treatment and/or surgery.(2) Possible removal of eye.(4) Partial or total blindness.25 Tex. Admin. Code § 602.6
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 51, December 22, 2023, TexReg 7985, eff. 12/26/2023