§30-8-17. Optometric Business Entities
(a) Only licensees may own a business entity that practices optometry. (b) A licensee may be employed by the business entity. (c) A business entity shall cease to engage in the practice of optometry when it is not wholly owned by licensees: Provided, That the personal representative of a deceased shareholder shall have a period, […]
§30-8-18. Complaints; Investigations; Due Process Procedure; Grounds for Disciplinary Action
(a) The board may upon its own motion based on credible information or based upon the quarterly report from the Board of Pharmacy as required by §60A-9-1 et seq. of this code shall upon the written complaint of any person cause an investigation to be made to determine whether grounds exist for disciplinary action under […]
§30-8-19. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal
(a) Hearings shall be governed by the provisions of section eight, article one of this chapter. (b) The board may conduct the hearing or elect to have an administrative law judge conduct the hearing. (c) If the hearing is conducted by an administrative law judge, at the conclusion of a hearing he or she shall […]
§30-8-20. Judicial Review
Any licensee, certificate holder or permittee adversely affected by a decision of the board entered after a hearing may obtain judicial review of the decision in accordance with section four, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, and may appeal any ruling resulting from judicial review in accordance with article six, chapter twenty-nine-a of this […]
§30-8-21. Criminal Proceedings; Penalties
(a) When, as a result of an investigation under this article or otherwise, the board has reason to believe that a licensee, certificate holder or permittee has committed a criminal offense under this article, the board may bring its information to the attention of an appropriate law-enforcement official. (b) A person violating section one of […]
§30-8-22. Single Act Evidence of Practice
In any action brought or in any proceeding initiated under this article, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this article is sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order or conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct.
§30-8-13. License From Another Jurisdiction; License to Practice in This State
(a) The board may issue a license to practice to an applicant of good moral character who holds a valid license or other authorization to practice optometry from another jurisdiction, if the applicant demonstrates that he or she: (1) Holds a license or other authorization to practice optometry in another state which requirements are substantially […]
§30-8-14. Prescriptive Authority
(a) A licensee may prescribe: (1) Topical pharmaceutical agents; (2) oral pharmaceutical agents that are included in the drug formulary established by the board pursuant to section six of this article or new drugs or new drug indications added by a decision of the board; and (3) contact lenses that contain and deliver pharmaceutical agents […]
§30-8-15. Administration of Injectable Pharmaceutical Agents
(a) A licensee may not administer pharmaceutical agents by injection, other than epinephrine to treat emergency cases of anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock, unless the provisions of this section, along with any legislative rule promulgated pursuant to this section, have been met. (b) Additional pharmaceutical agents by injection may be included in the rules for legislative […]
§30-8-16. Special Volunteer License; Civil Immunity for Voluntary Services Rendered to Indigents
(a) There is established a special volunteer license for optometrists who are retired or are retiring from the active practice of optometry and wish to donate their expertise for the care and treatment of indigent and needy patients in the clinical setting of clinics organized, in whole or in part, for the delivery of health […]