65-1501. Practice of optometry defined; exclusions; standard of care in diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma; low vision rehabilitation services. (a) The practice of optometry means: (1) The examination of the human eye and its adnexae and the employment of objective or subjective means or methods (including the administering, prescribing or dispensing, of topical pharmaceutical drugs) […]
65-1501a. Definitions. For the purposes of this act the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Board” means the board of examiners in optometry established under K.S.A. 74-1501, and amendments thereto. (b) “License” means a license to practice optometry granted under the optometry law. (c) “Licensee” […]
65-1502. Who deemed practitioners. (a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 65-1508 and amendments thereto, a person shall be deemed to be practicing optometry within the meaning of the optometry law if such person in any manner: (1) Holds oneself out to the public as being engaged in or who maintains an office for the practice […]
65-1504b. Unlawful to dispense opthalmic lens or lenses without prescription order. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispense an ophthalmic lens or lenses without first having obtained a valid, unexpired prescription as defined in K.S.A. 65-1501a, and amendments thereto, or order therefor from a duly licensed optometrist or a person licensed to practice […]
65-1505. Qualifications of practitioners; examinations; professional liability insurance; fees; reciprocal licensure; rules and regulations criteria for approval of schools or colleges; criminal history record check; criminal history and fingerprinting fund created. (a) Persons entitled to practice optometry in Kansas shall be those persons licensed in accordance with the provisions of the optometry law. A person […]
65-1508. Act not to prevent persons licensed to practice medicine from performing certain acts or services; authorizing the delegation of certain examination procedures to assistants; limitations and prohibitions upon examination procedures performed by assistants. (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent persons who are licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this […]
65-1509. Notification of location of practice; biennial license renewal, fee; inactive status license; expiration of license, notice; cancellation of license; reinstatement, fee. (a) Before engaging in the practice of optometry in this state, it shall be the duty of each licensed optometrist to notify the board in writing of the address of the office or […]
65-1509a. Continuing education requirements. In addition to the payment of the license renewal fee, each licensee applying for license renewal shall furnish to the secretary of the board satisfactory evidence of successfully completing a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education annually, five hours of which shall relate to ocular pharmacology, therapeutics or related topics […]
65-1511. Partial invalidity of act. In case for any reason any paragraph or any provision of this act shall be questioned in any court of last resort, and shall be held by such court to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other paragraph or provision of this act. […]
65-1512. Title of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the optometry law. History: L. 1923, ch. 220, § 16; R.S. 1923, 65-1512; L. 1990, ch. 223, § 7; July 1.
65-1513. Violation of act. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor for the first offense, and for the second and each subsequent offense shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. It is the duty of the respective county and district attorneys to […]
65-1514. Act supplemental. The provisions of K.S.A. 65-1501a, 65-1504b, 65-1509a and 65-1516 to 65-1526, inclusive, and amendments thereto, are a part of and supplemental to the optometry law. History: L. 1975, ch. 318, § 10; L. 1990, ch. 223, § 9; L. 2012, ch. 8, § 6; July 1.
65-1515. Immunity from liability in civil actions for reporting, communicating and investigating certain information concerning alleged malpractice incidents and other information; conditions. (a) No person reporting to the board of examiners in optometry under oath and in good faith any information such person may have relating to alleged incidents of malpractice or the qualifications, fitness […]
65-1516. Professional incompetence; unprofessional conduct; defined. As used in this act: (a) “Professional incompetence” means: (1) One or more instances involving failure to adhere to the applicable standard of care to a degree which constitutes gross negligence as determined by the board. (2) Repeated instances involving failure to adhere to the applicable standard of care […]
65-1517. Revocation, suspension or limitation of license; censure; grounds. A licensee’s license may be revoked, suspended or limited, or the licensee may be publicly or privately censured, upon a finding of the existence of any of the following grounds: (a) The licensee has committed fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or securing an original or […]
65-1518. Administrative proceedings; procedure; review; civil enforcement; costs. (a) All administrative proceedings provided for by article 15 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and affecting any licensee licensed under that article shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. (b) Judicial review and civil enforcement of any […]
65-1519. Federal trade regulations; defense of certain acts. The board shall not suspend, limit, restrict or revoke, the license of a licensee or privately or publicly censure a licensee for any reason or conduct for which a defense is provided for in title 16, part 456 of the code of federal regulations and amendments thereto […]
65-1520. Mental or physical examination of licensee; computation of time limit for hearing. Whenever the board directs, pursuant to subsection (j) of K.S.A. 65-1517, that a licensee submit to a mental or physical examination, the time from the date of the board’s directive until the submission to the board of the report of the examination […]
65-1521. Reinstatement of license after revocation. At any time after the expiration of one year, application may be made for reinstatement of any licensee whose license shall have been revoked, and such application shall be addressed to the secretary-treasurer of the board. The board may promulgate such rules and regulations concerning notice and hearing of […]
65-1522. Professional corporations, limited liability company, associations, sole practitioners; practice locations, franchise agreements. (a) A licensee may practice optometry under the name of a professional corporation, authorized by K.S.A. 17-2706, and amendments thereto, or a limited liability company authorized by K.S.A. 17-7668, and amendments thereto. Such professional corporate name or limited liability company name may […]
