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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 34-A: OPTOMETRISTS
32 §2413. Standard of care

Universal Citation:
32 ME Rev Stat § 2413 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§2413. Standard of care

An optometrist authorized to use pharmaceutical agents for use in the diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of ocular disease shall be held to the same standard of care in diagnosis, use of such agents and treatment as that degree of skill and proficiency commonly exercised by a medical practitioner in the same community. [1987, c. 439, §6 (NEW); 1987, c. 542, Pt. K, §§ 6 and 20 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 542, §§K6,K20 (NEW).

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