Sec. 351.307.  GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE, TRAINING, OR EDUCATION.  An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may obtain reinstatement of an expired license without paying a lapsed renewal fee or other fee and without passing an examination if:
(1)  the license holder's license expired while the license holder was engaged in:
(A)  active duty with a United States military service or with the United States Public Health Service;
(B)  full-time federal service;  or
(C)  training or education under the supervision of the United States, before induction into a United States military service;
(2)  termination of the license holder's service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge;  and
(3)  not later than the first anniversary of the date of termination of the service, training, or education, the license holder provides the board with an affidavit stating that:
(A)  the license holder was engaged in the service, training, or education;  and
(B)  termination of the service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.