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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS
Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists.
- 73-19-1 - Practice of optometry defined.
- 73-19-3 - Who may practice; examination and license.
- 73-19-5 - Penalty for violation of chapter; immunity from civil or criminal liability.
- 73-19-7 - Board of optometry; appointment; qualifications.
- 73-19-9 - Officers of board; meetings; rules and regulations.
- 73-19-11 - Secretary of board; bond required.
- 73-19-13 - Compensation of secretary and members; how paid.
- 73-19-15 - Official seal; records required.
- 73-19-17 - Examination; qualifications.
- 73-19-19 - Examination; effect of failure; certificate of licensure.
- 73-19-21 - Fees.
- 73-19-23 - License refused or revoked; disciplinary action.
- 73-19-25 - Certificates of other states; when and how recognized.
- 73-19-27 - License does not entitle to treat with drugs or medicines; use of diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
- 73-19-29 - Physicians, druggists and merchants may sell spectacles.
- 73-19-31 - Repealed.
- 73-19-33 - Complaints against optometrists.
- 73-19-35 - Processing of complaints.
- 73-19-37 - Investigation of complaint; notice to accused optometrist.
- 73-19-39 - Report of investigator; dismissal of complaint; formal complaint by board against optometrist; notice of action taken.
- 73-19-41 - Hearing on formal complaint; decision.
- 73-19-43 - Penalties; petition for reinstatement of license; disciplinary action not bar to criminal prosecution; payment and collection of monetary penalty.
- 73-19-45 - Appeal of final action of board.
- 73-19-61 - Persons authorized to dispense, fit, or prescribe contact lenses or other appliances touching cornea.
- 73-19-63 - Penalties.
- 73-19-65 - Immunity from liability for persons assisting with investigation or prosecution.
- 73-19-101 - Use of pharmaceutical agents.
- 73-19-103 - Duties of state boards of optometry, medical licensure and pharmacy; records.
- 73-19-105 - Educational requirements; examination.
- 73-19-107 - Referral of patient to licensed physician.
- 73-19-109 - Pharmacist dispensing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents.
- 73-19-111 - Penalty for violating provisions regulating use of pharmaceutical agents.
- 73-19-151 - Use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in practice of optometry.
- 73-19-153 - Educational and clinical training requirements for certification; examination.
- 73-19-155 - Rules and regulations requiring satisfactory completion of educational and clinical training.
- 73-19-157 - Purposes for which therapeutic pharmaceutical agents may be used; types of agents that may be prescribed.
- 73-19-159 - Standard of care in prescription and use of agents, and diagnosis and treatment.
- 73-19-161 - Referral of patient to licensed physician when patient not responding to treatment.
- 73-19-163 - Certificate of certification to be displayed.
- 73-19-165 - Licensed pharmacist authorized to fill and dispense therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
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