Ohio Code 4725.26 – Exceptions
Division (A) of section 4725.02 of the Revised Code does not apply to the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4725.26
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- practice of optometry: means all of the following:
(1) The application of optical principles, through technical methods and devices, in the examination of human eyes for the purpose of ascertaining departures from the normal, measuring their functional powers, adapting optical accessories for the aid thereof, and detecting ocular abnormalities that may be evidence of disease, pathology, or injury;
(2) Employing, applying, administering, and prescribing instruments, devices, and procedures, other than invasive procedures, for purpose of examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of any disease, injury, or other abnormal condition of the visual system;
(3) Employing, applying, administering, and prescribing topical ocular pharmaceutical agents;
(4) Employing, applying, administering, and prescribing therapeutic pharmaceutical agents;
(5) Assisting an individual in determining the individual's blood glucose level by using a commercially available glucose-monitoring device. See Ohio Code 4725.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) Physicians authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under Chapter 4731 of the Revised Code;
(B) Persons who sell optical accessories but do not assume to adapt them to the eye, and neither practice nor profess to practice optometry;
(C) An instructor in a school of optometry that is located in this state and approved by the state vision professionals board under section 4725.10 of the Revised Code who holds a valid current license to practice optometry from a licensing body in another jurisdiction and limits the practice of optometry to the instruction of students enrolled in the school.
(D) A student enrolled in a school of optometry, located in this or another state and approved by the board under section 4725.10 of the Revised Code, while the student is participating in this state in an optometry training program provided or sponsored by the school, if the student acts under the direct, personal supervision and control of an optometrist licensed by the board or authorized to practice pursuant to division (C) of this section.
(E) An individual who is licensed or otherwise specifically authorized by the Revised Code to engage in an activity that is included in the practice of optometry.
(F) An individual who is not licensed or otherwise specifically authorized by the Revised Code to engage in an activity that is included in the practice of optometry, but is acting pursuant to the rules for delegation of optometric tasks adopted under section 4725.09 of the Revised Code.
(G) An individual who holds in good standing a valid license to practice optometry from a licensing body in another jurisdiction and is practicing as a volunteer without remuneration during a charitable event that lasts not more than seven days.
When an individual meets the conditions of this division, the individual shall be deemed to hold, during the course of the charitable event, a license to practice optometry from the state vision professionals board and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter authorizing the board to take disciplinary action against a license holder. Not less than seven calendar days before the first day of the charitable event, the individual or the event’s organizer shall notify the board of the individual’s intent to engage in the practice of optometry at the event. During the course of the charitable event, the individual’s scope of practice is limited to the procedures that an optometrist licensed under this chapter is authorized to perform unless the individual’s scope of practice in the other jurisdiction is more restrictive than in this state. If the latter is the case, the individual’s scope of practice is limited to the procedures that an optometrist in the other jurisdiction may perform.
Last updated February 28, 2023 at 2:17 PM