Section 11-501 – Practicing Without License
Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice optometry in this State unless licensed by the Board.
Section 11-502 – Misrepresentation as Optometrist
Unless licensed to practice optometry under this title, a person may not represent to the public by title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person practices optometry.
Section 11-504 – Dispensing Lenses Without Valid and Unexpired Prescription
(a) Knowingly selling or dispensing contact lenses or replacement contact lenses without a valid and unexpired prescription or replacement contact lens prescription shall be considered a violation of this title. (b) The Board shall investigate any alleged violation of this section or § 11-404.4 of this title and may, notwithstanding § 11-205 of this title: (1) Issue subpoenas, […]
Section 11-505 – Penalties
(a) A person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both. (b) (1) This subsection does not apply to: (i) An individual licensed under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of this article; or (ii) An individual supervised by […]
Section 11-601 – Short Title
This title may be cited as the “Maryland Optometry Act”.
Section 11-602 – Termination of Title
Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Program Evaluation Act, this title and all rules and regulations adopted under this title shall terminate and be of no effect after July 1, 2023.
Section 11-404.1 – Therapeutically Certified Optometrists — Certification
(a) Unless certified under this section, a licensed optometrist may not administer or prescribe any therapeutic pharmaceutical agents or remove superficial foreign bodies from a human eye, adnexa, or lacrimal system. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board shall certify a licensed optometrist as a therapeutically certified optometrist if the licensed optometrist […]
Section 11-404.2 – Therapeutically Certified Optometrists — Referrals; Administration of Topical Therapeutic and Oral Pharmaceutical Agents; Restrictions
(a) (1) Except as provided in this subsection and in subsection (d) of this section for the treatment of open–angle glaucoma, a therapeutically certified optometrist may administer and prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the prevention, management, or treatment of conditions and diseases of the eye and ocular adnexa. (2) (i) A therapeutically certified optometrist may not administer or prescribe: […]
Section 11-404.3 – Therapeutically Certified Optometrists — Quality Assurance
(a) The Board shall recommend to the Secretary quality assurance guidelines for therapeutically certified optometrists and optometric care. (b) After considering the recommendations of the Board, the Secretary shall adopt regulations that establish standards of quality for therapeutically certified optometrists and optometric care.
Section 11-404.4 – Contact Lenses
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Replacement contact lens prescription” means a prescription prepared by a licensed optometrist containing the information specified in this section and written expressly for the purpose of providing lenses which have already been properly fitted. (3) “Immediate follow-up care” is that period of contact lens fitting time […]