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Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 11-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 11-102 - Scope of Title - (a) This title does not limit the right of an...
Subtitle 2 - State Board of Examiners in Optometry
Section 11-201 - Board Established - There is a State Board of Examiners in Optometry in...
Section 11-202 - Membership - (a) (1) The Board consists of 7 members. (2) Of...
Section 11-203 - Officers - (a) From among its members, the Board every 2 years...
Section 11-204 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation; Staff - (a) A majority of the members then serving on the...
Section 11-205 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties - (a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in...
Section 11-206 - Power to Require Physical or Mental Examination of Licensee - (a) In connection with any investigation of charges under §...
Section 11-207 - State Board of Examiners in Optometry Fund -- Establishment of Fees; Disposition of Funds - (a) There is a State Board of Examiners in Optometry...
Section 11-208 - Minimum Optometric Examination - (a) A licensed optometrist shall perform a minimum optometric examination...
Section 11-209 - Good Faith Exemption From Civil Liability - A person shall have the immunity from liability described under...
Subtitle 3 - Licensing
Section 11-301 - License Required; Exception - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual...
Section 11-302 - Qualifications of Applicants - (a) To qualify for a license, an applicant shall be...
Section 11-303 - Applications for Licenses - To apply for a license, an applicant shall: (1) Submit...
Section 11-304 - Examinations - (a) An applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license is...
Section 11-305 - Waiver of Examination Requirement - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board...
Section 11-306 - Issuance of License - The Board shall issue a license to any applicant who:...
Section 11-307 - Scope of License - A license authorizes the licensee to practice optometry while the...
Section 11-307.1 - Limited License - (a) An applicant for a limited license shall submit to...
Section 11-308 - Term and Renewal of Licenses - (a) A license expires on the date set by the...
Section 11-309 - Continuing Education - (a) In addition to any other qualifications and requirements established...
Section 11-310 - Inactive Status; Reinstatement of Expired Licenses - (a) (1) The Board shall place a licensee on inactive...
Section 11-311 - Display of Licenses; Statement to Be Given Patient - (a) Each licensee shall display the license conspicuously in the...
Section 11-312 - Surrender of License - (a) Unless the Board agrees to accept the surrender of...
Section 11-313 - Denials, Reprimands, Probations, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds - Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-315 of this...
Section 11-314 - Penalty Instead of Suspension or in Addition to Suspension or Revocation - (a) If after a hearing under § 11-315 of this...
Section 11-315 - Hearings and Investigations - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the Administrative Procedure Act,...
Section 11-316 - Findings and Order of Board - (a) If the Board finds that there are grounds under...
Section 11-317 - Order of Suspension or Revocation - (a) The Board shall include in any order of suspension...
Section 11-318 - Review - (a) Except as provided in this section for an action...
Section 11-319 - Reinstatement of Suspended or Revoked License - The Board may reinstate the license of any individual whose...
Section 11-320 - Cease and Desist Order or Injunction - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) An individual...
Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 11-401 - Governmental Relations With Optometrists - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 11-402 - Duty of Referral - (a) If, while providing optometric services to a patient, an...
Section 11-403 - Titles - (a) A licensed optometrist may: (1) Use the title “optometrist”;...
Section 11-404 - Administration of Drugs, Medicine, Etc - (a) Unless certified under this section, a licensed optometrist may...
Section 11-404.1 - Therapeutically Certified Optometrists -- Certification - (a) Unless certified under this section, a licensed optometrist may...
Section 11-404.2 - Therapeutically Certified Optometrists -- Referrals; Administration of Topical Therapeutic and Oral Pharmaceutical Agents; Restrictions - (a) (1) Except as provided in this subsection and in...
Section 11-404.3 - Therapeutically Certified Optometrists -- Quality Assurance - (a) The Board shall recommend to the Secretary quality assurance...
Section 11-404.4 - Contact Lenses - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 11-405 - Optometrist Rehabilitation Committees - (a) In this section, “optometrist rehabilitation committee” means a committee...
Subtitle 5 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Section 11-501 - Practicing Without License - Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may...
Section 11-502 - Misrepresentation as Optometrist - Unless licensed to practice optometry under this title, a person...
Section 11-504 - Dispensing Lenses Without Valid and Unexpired Prescription - (a) Knowingly selling or dispensing contact lenses or replacement contact...
Section 11-505 - Penalties - (a) A person who violates any provision of this title...
Subtitle 6 - Short Title; Termination of Title
Section 11-601 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the “Maryland Optometry Act”.
Section 11-602 - Termination of Title - Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Program...