(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Governmental unit” means any board, commission, authority, department, or other administrative agency of this State, a county, or a municipality. (3) “Ocular practitioner” means any practitioner who is authorized to provide services within the scope of optometry. (b) (1) Except as provided in this subsection, a governmental unit […]
(a) If, while providing optometric services to a patient, an optometrist or diagnostically certified optometrist detects or diagnoses an active eye pathology which the optometrist is not licensed or certified to treat under § 11-404 or § 11-404.2 of this subtitle, the optometrist shall refer the patient to: (1) An ophthalmologist or a therapeutically certified optometrist, as […]
(a) A licensed optometrist may: (1) Use the title “optometrist”; (2) If the optometrist holds the degree of doctor of optics or doctor of optometry from a college or university authorized to give the degree, use the title “Doctor” or the abbreviations “Dr.” or “O.D.” with the optometrist’s name; (3) If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404 of […]
(a) Unless certified under this section, a licensed optometrist may not administer a topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agent to a patient. (b) The Board shall certify a licensed optometrist as qualified to administer topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents if the licensed optometrist submits to the Board evidence satisfactory to the Board that the licensed optometrist: (1) Meets the […]
(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 […]
(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: […]
(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.
(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 […]
(a) In this section, “optometrist rehabilitation committee” means a committee that: (1) Is defined in subsection (b) of this section; and (2) Performs any of the functions listed in subsection (d) of this section. (b) For purposes of this section, an optometrist rehabilitation committee is a committee of the Board or a committee of the Maryland Optometric Association that: […]
