(a) A licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent, including a controlled substance, in the practice of optometry if the pharmaceutical agent is used in a manner consistent with standards adopted by the board in regulation. The standards must include limitations on practice adopted under AS 08.72.278.
(b) [Repealed, § 7 ch 27 SLA 2010.]
(c) [Repealed, § 7 ch 27 SLA 2010.]
(d) In this section, “controlled substance” has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 8. Business and Professions
Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.
Sec. 08.72.272. Pharmaceutical agents.
Sec. 08.72.273. Removal of foreign bodies.
Sec. 08.72.275. Lenses and frames for eyeglasses and sunglasses.
Sec. 08.72.276. Maximum dosage for opioid prescriptions.
Sec. 08.72.278. Limitation on practice.