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General Provisions
§ 73-19-3. Who may practice; examination and license - It shall not be lawful for any person in this...
§ 73-19-7. Board of optometry; appointment; qualifications - The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate,...
§ 73-19-9. Officers of board; meetings; rules and regulations - The State Board of Optometry shall organize by the election...
§ 73-19-11. Secretary of board; bond required - Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his...
§ 73-19-13. Compensation of secretary and members; how paid - Each member of the state board of optometry shall be...
§ 73-19-15. Official seal; records required - The state board of optometry shall have an official seal...
§ 73-19-17. Examination; qualifications - Any person over the age of twenty-one (21) years, of...
§ 73-19-19. Examination; effect of failure; certificate of licensure - Every person desiring to be licensed as in this chapter...
§ 73-19-21. Fees - Except as provided in Section 33-1-39, the board shall charge...
§ 73-19-25. Certificates of other states; when and how recognized - An applicant for a certificate of licensure who has been...
§ 73-19-27. License does not entitle to treat with drugs or medicines; use of diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as conferring on...
§ 73-19-29. Physicians, druggists and merchants may sell spectacles - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to physicians...
§ 73-19-33. Complaints against optometrists - Complaints, irrespective of source, touching upon the professional conduct or...
§ 73-19-35. Processing of complaints - When any complaint or charge touching upon the professional conduct...
§ 73-19-37. Investigation of complaint; notice to accused optometrist - The board investigator shall immediately investigate the complaint; and upon...
§ 73-19-39. Report of investigator; dismissal of complaint; formal complaint by board against optometrist; notice of action taken - After completion of his investigation, the board investigator shall make...
Contact Lenses
§ 73-19-61. Persons authorized to dispense, fit, or prescribe contact lenses or other appliances touching cornea - It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, corporation, proprietorship,...
§ 73-19-63. Penalties - Any person violating the provisions of Section 73-19-61 shall be...
§ 73-19-65. Immunity from liability for persons assisting with investigation or prosecution - Any person, organization or entity acting in good faith and...
Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents
§ 73-19-101. Use of pharmaceutical agents - No person engaged in the practice of optometry in the...
§ 73-19-107. Referral of patient to licensed physician - Any optometrist who encounters a patient in the course of...
§ 73-19-109. Pharmacist dispensing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents - Any pharmacist licensed under the laws of the State of...
Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents
§ 73-19-157. Purposes for which therapeutic pharmaceutical agents may be used; types of agents that may be prescribed - Any optometrist certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents...
§ 73-19-159. Standard of care in prescription and use of agents, and diagnosis and treatment - Any optometrist who is certified to prescribe and use therapeutic...
§ 73-19-161. Referral of patient to licensed physician when patient not responding to treatment - If a patient of any optometrist who is certified to...
§ 73-19-163. Certificate of certification to be displayed - Any optometrist who is certified to prescribe and use therapeutic...
§ 73-19-165. Licensed pharmacist authorized to fill and dispense therapeutic pharmaceutical agents - Any pharmacist licensed under the laws of the State of...