Ohio Code 4725.02 – License required
(A) Except as provided in section 4725.26 of the Revised Code, no person shall engage in the practice of optometry, including the determination of the kind of procedure, treatment, or optical accessories needed by a person or the examination of the eyes of any person for the purpose of fitting the same with optical accessories, unless the person holds a current, valid certificate of licensure from the state vision professionals board. No person shall claim to be the lawful holder of a certificate of licensure when in fact the person is not such lawful holder, or impersonate any licensed optometrist.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4725.02
- Certificate of licensure: means a certificate issued by the board under section 4725. See Ohio Code 4725.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- 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
- Therapeutic pharmaceutical agent: means a drug or dangerous drug that is used for examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of any disease, injury, or other abnormal condition of the visual system in the practice of optometry by a licensed optometrist, and is any of the following:
(1) An oral drug or dangerous drug in one of the following classifications:
(a) Anti-infectives, including antibiotics, antivirals, antimicrobials, and antifungals;
(b) Anti-allergy agents;
(c) Antiglaucoma agents;
(d) Analgesics, including only analgesic drugs that are available without a prescription, analgesic drugs or dangerous drugs that require a prescription but are not controlled substances, and, to the extent authorized by the state vision professionals board in rules adopted under section 4725. See Ohio Code 4725.01
(B) No optometrist shall personally furnish a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent to any person, except that a licensed optometrist may personally furnish a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent to a patient if no charge is imposed for the agent or for furnishing it and the amount furnished does not exceed a seventy-two hour supply, except that if the minimum available quantity of the agent is greater than a seventy-two hour supply, the optometrist may furnish the minimum available quantity.
Last updated February 24, 2023 at 4:31 PM