Md. Code, Health Occupations § 11-208
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health Occupations § 11-208, part of Maryland’s Code, Health Occupations — governs the licensing of healthcare professionals.
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§11–208.
Official statutory text
(a) A licensed optometrist shall perform a minimum optometric examination which shall include:
(1) Reviewing a patient’s history, past prescriptions and specifications when available;
(2) Visual analysis;
(3) Ophthalmoscopy of internal eye;
(4) Tonometry without anesthetic when indicated or for a patient over 40 years of age;
(5) Muscle balance examination;
(6) Writing of lens formula and other prescription data when needed as well as specific instructions for future care; and
(7) Subsequent progress evaluation when indicated.
(b) A licensed optometrist shall maintain thorough records of all testing procedures, results, and case dispositions in accordance with § 4-403 of the Health - General Article.
(c) A licensed optometrist shall have on hand all instrumentation and equipment, in good working condition, required to carry out the procedures for the minimum examination under this section.
(1) Reviewing a patient’s history, past prescriptions and specifications when available;
(2) Visual analysis;
(3) Ophthalmoscopy of internal eye;
(4) Tonometry without anesthetic when indicated or for a patient over 40 years of age;
(5) Muscle balance examination;
(6) Writing of lens formula and other prescription data when needed as well as specific instructions for future care; and
(7) Subsequent progress evaluation when indicated.
(b) A licensed optometrist shall maintain thorough records of all testing procedures, results, and case dispositions in accordance with § 4-403 of the Health - General Article.
(c) A licensed optometrist shall have on hand all instrumentation and equipment, in good working condition, required to carry out the procedures for the minimum examination under this section.
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