The primary objective of the Board of Examiners in Optometry, to which all other objectives and purposes are secondary, is to protect the general public, specifically those persons who are the direct recipients of services regulated by this chapter, from unsafe practices and from occupational practices which tend to reduce competition or fix the price of services rendered.
The secondary objectives of the Board are to maintain minimum standards of practitioner competency and to maintain certain standards in the delivery of services to the public. In meeting its objectives, the Board shall develop standards assuring professional competence; shall monitor complaints brought against practitioners regulated by the Board; shall adjudicate at formal hearings; shall promulgate rules and regulations; and shall impose sanctions where necessary against practitioners.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 24 - Professions and Occupations
§ 2101. Definition of practice of optometry.
§ 2103. Organization; meetings; officers; quorum.
§ 2110. Internship requirements; temporary licenses.
§ 2111. Certification and registration for successful applicants.
§ 2112. Issuance and renewal of licenses.
§ 2113. Grounds for refusal, revocation or suspension of licenses [Effective until Jan. 1, 2023].
§ 2113. Grounds for refusal, revocation or suspension of licenses [Effective Jan. 1, 2023].
§ 2115. Disciplinary sanctions.
§ 2117. Reinstatement of a suspended license; removal from probationary status.
§ 2119. Discrimination by state boards between optometrists and ophthalmologists forbidden.
§ 2121. Continuing education requirements.
§ 2122. Prescription requirements.
§ 2123. Duty to report conduct that constitutes grounds for discipline or inability to practice.