An optometrist licensed pursuant to this chapter and providing service to any person shall refer such person to a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title when such optometrist finds an indication of the presence of a disease or condition of the eye requiring treatment outside the scope of practice of the profession of optometry as defined in section 32-1701.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1761

  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Practice of the profession of optometry: means :

    (a) The examination or refraction of the human eye and its appendages and the employment of any objective or subjective means or methods other than surgery for the purpose of diagnosing or treating any visual, muscular, neurological or anatomical anomalies of the eye. See Arizona Laws 32-1701

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