§2421. Licensure required 1. Licensure required. An individual may not practice optometry in this State without first obtaining a license from the board, but this chapter does not apply to individuals already licensed to practice medicine within this State. [PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §152 (NEW).] 2. Penalty. An individual who practices optometry […]
§2422. Examination; fees; initial licensure Every individual before beginning the practice of optometry in this State must pass an examination before the board. The board shall provide an opportunity for applicants to take the examination at least twice per year. At the discretion of the board, the examination may consist of tests in basic sciences; […]
§2423. Licensing 1. Annual renewal. Every licensed optometrist practicing in the State shall pay annually, before the first day of April, to the board a license renewal fee not in excess of $400 as established by the board under section 2417. [PL 2003, c. 252, §2 (AMD).] 2. Nonactive license. Every licensed optometrist not […]
§2424. Reciprocity (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1973, c. 788, §156 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 694, §597 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 600, §A155 (RP).
§2425. Display of license Every individual to whom a license is granted shall display the license in a conspicuous part of the office where the licensee practices. An optometrist awarded credentials by the board in the use of diagnostic, therapeutic or advanced therapeutic pharmaceuticals shall affix current documentation of these privileges to that optometrist’s license […]
§2426. Educational programs All optometrists licensed in the State of Maine are required to take annual courses in subjects related to the practice of the profession of optometry, to the end that the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and technical advances, the use of pharmaceutical agents and treatment of ocular diseases and the […]
§2427. Diagnostic drug license (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 563, §4 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 378, §28 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 542, §§K14,K20 (RP).
§2428. Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Monitoring Panel (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 542, §§K15,K20 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 586 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 45 (AMD). MRSA T. 32 §2428, sub-§8 (RP).
§2429. Consumer information (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 675, §3 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 600, §A158 (RPR). PL 1995, c. 370, §2 (RP).
§2430-A. Treatment of glaucoma (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 606, §9 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 195, §7 (RP).
§2430-B. Treatment of glaucoma 1. Optometrists qualified. An optometrist who graduated from optometric college in the year 1996 or thereafter and who is an advanced therapeutic licensee is authorized to independently treat glaucoma. [PL 2009, c. 195, §8 (NEW).] 2. Consultation required. In order to be authorized to independently treat glaucoma, an advanced therapeutic […]
§2430. Use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents An optometrist may not use pharmaceutical agents, except diagnostic agents, unless licensed in accordance with this section. [PL 1995, c. 606, §9 (NEW).] 1. Therapeutic license. An optometrist may use topical therapeutic agents for any purpose associated with ocular conditions and diseases, except for the treatment of glaucoma, […]
