Prohibition against requirement of minimum purchase of ophthalmic materials as a condition of participation in vision or health care plan

(a) No person shall require an optometrist to purchase a minimum quantity or minimum dollar amount of a specified brand of ophthalmic materials in order to participate as a provider in a vision or other health care plan. (b) An optometrist may file an action in the chancery court of the county in which the optometrist's office is located to enjoin a violation of this section. If successful in establishing a violation, the optometrist may recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Acts 2005, ch. 123, § 1. (a) No person shall require an optometrist to purchase a minimum quantity or minimum dollar amount of a specified brand of ophthalmic materials in order to participate as a provider in a vision or other health care plan. (b) An optometrist may file an action in the chancery court of the county in which the optometrist's office is located to enjoin a violation of this section. If successful in establishing a violation, the optometrist may recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Acts 2005, ch. 123, § 1.