New York Laws
Article 143 - Optometry
7105 - Exempt Persons.

(i) under the on-site supervision of a supervising licensed
optometrist;
(ii) at least eighteen years of age; and
(iii) complies with standards issued by the department.
2. The supervising licensed optometrist shall submit a form prescribed
by the department, detailing the identity of each person instilling
mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops and anesthetic eye drops in
conjunction with such dilating drops to the surface of the eye of a
patient, under his or her supervision, attesting to compliance with the
above requirements.
3. The supervising licensed optometrist's use of any such person
pursuant to the terms of this subdivision shall be undertaken with
professional judgment in order to ensure the safety and well-being of
the patient. Such use shall subject the licensed optometrist to the full
disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of regents and the
department pursuant to this title. The licensed optometrist must notify
the patient or the patient's designated health care surrogate that the
licensed optometrist may utilize the services of an individual to
administer certain eye drops and must provide the patient or the
patient's designated health care surrogate the opportunity to refuse the
licensed optometrist's plan to utilize such person.