New York Laws
Article 143 - Optometry
7101 - Definition of the Practice of Optometry.

§ 7101. Definition of the practice of optometry. The practice of the
profession of optometry is defined as diagnosing and treating optical
deficiency, optical deformity, visual anomaly, muscular anomaly or
disease of the human eye and adjacent tissue by prescribing, providing,
adapting or fitting lenses or by prescribing, providing, adapting or
fitting non-corrective contact lenses, or by prescribing or providing
orthoptics or vision training, or by prescribing and using drugs. The
practice of optometry shall not include any injection or invasive
modality. For purposes of this section invasive modality means any
procedure in which human tissue is cut, altered, or otherwise
infiltrated by mechanical or other means. Invasive modality includes
surgery, lasers, ionizing radiation, therapeutic ultrasound and the
removal of foreign bodies from within the tissue of the eye. Nothing in
this section or section seventy-one hundred one-a of this article shall
be construed to limit the scope of optometric practice as authorized
prior to January first, nineteen hundred ninety-five. The use of drugs
by optometrists is authorized only in accordance with the provisions of
this article and regulations promulgated by the commissioner.