2005 Idaho Code - 54-1501 — PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY DEFINED

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 15
                                 OPTOMETRISTS
    54-1501.  PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY DEFINED. Optometry is defined as the
science which relates to the examination and treatment of conditions of or
relating to the  eyes and/or eyelids, the analysis of their function and the
employment of preventive or corrective measures to insure maximum vision and
comfort. The practice of optometry is declared to be a learned profession. The
practice of optometry affects the public health, welfare and safety and the
public interest requires regulation and control of the practice of optometry
and limitation of the practice to qualified persons. The "practice of
optometry" means:
    1.  To engage in the profession of examining, testing, measuring,
treating, correcting, developing, or improving the human visual apparatus;
    2.  To display any sign, circular, advertisement, or device offering to
examine eyes, test eyes, fit glasses, adjust frames or prescribe lenses, or by
any means or method set oneself forth as an optometrist, doctor of optometry,
optometric physician, optical doctor, doctor of optical  science, O.D., Opt.
D., optician, optical specialist, eye specialist, or refractionist, or any
other designation of like import;
    3.  To employ in the examination, diagnosis, or treatment of another, any
means, including the use of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents and
pharmaceutical agents for therapeutic use, for the measurement, improvement,
or development of any or all functions of human vision or the assistance of
the powers of range of human vision or the determination of the accommodative
or refractive status of human vision or the scope of its functions in general.
The state board of optometry may, pursuant to rules adopted by it, issue a
certificate to optometrists licensed in this state authorizing the optometrist
to prescribe, administer and dispense such therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
for the treatment of conditions of the eye and/or eyelid, as approved by the
board of optometry and as identified in rules adopted by the board of
optometry. Such certificate shall only be issued to an optometrist who:
(a) has successfully passed the "treatment and management of ocular disease"
section of the optometrist examination approved by the international
association of boards of examiners in optometry, inc. or an equivalent
examination as may be approved by the state board of optometry; (b) is the
holder of a certificate for the use of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents issued
by the state board of optometry; and (c) has completed such appropriate
additional educational and clinical experience requirements as shall be
established by the state board of optometry pursuant to section 54-1509, Idaho
Code;
    4.  To remove superficial foreign bodies and to diagnose and treat
superficial conditions of the eye and eyelid.  The practice of optometry shall
not include the use of lasers;
    5.  To sell or offer for sale, otherwise than on prescription, any lens
with spherical, prismatic or cylindrical power for the aid of human vision;
    6.  To prescribe or adapt lenses, including contact lenses, exercises,
orthoptics, vision therapy, or other physical means to correct defects or
adjust human vision to the conditions of a special occupation; or
    7.  To do or offer to do any of the foregoing with intent of receiving
therefor, either directly or indirectly, any fee, gift, remuneration, or
compensation whatsoever.