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...The attorney general shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...Prior to July 1, 1996, whoever violates section 4719.02, 4719.05, or 4719.06, division (C), (D), or (E) of section 4719.07, section 4719.08, or division (A) of section 4719.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. On or after July 1, 1996, whoever violates section 4719.02, 4719.05, or 4719.06, division (C), (D), or (E) of section 4719.07, section 4719.08, or division (A) of section 4719.09 o...

...ng 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 to...

...t limited to, vision-correcting contact lenses that deliver such drugs or dangerous drugs.

...ng 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. (B) No optometrist shall personally furnish a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent to any person, except th...

...nsecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. (C) When the term of a member of the board expires or a vacancy occurs on the board, a professional association representing the interests of the oc...

...ensers board" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state vision professionals board." Whenever "executive director of the state board of optometry" or "executive secretary-treasurer of the Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in a statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the executive director of the state vision pr...

...ar meetings shall be held in Franklin county. The board may hold additional meetings as it considers necessary. The time and place of any regular or other meeting shall be fixed and published by the board at least thirty days prior to the date that it is to be held, except when the meeting to be held is an emergency or special meeting, in which case the board shall give twenty-four hours' notice or as much notice as ...

...f office indorsed thereon, shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in the secretary of state's office. The executive director of the board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, may employ such assistants, inspectors, investigators, and other employees as are necessary to administer this chapter, the expenses thereof to be charged and paid as other expenditures of the board.

...mbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing such duties. The board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, shall set the compensation of its executive director and of any employees of the board. The executive director of the board shall receive reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of the executive director's official duties. All vouchers of t...

...se, registration, or endorsement issued under this chapter, and a register of every individual whose certificate of licensure, license, registration, or endorsement has been revoked under this chapter. The board shall have an office in Franklin county, where all its permanent records shall be kept. On request of the board, the director of administrative services shall supply the board with office space and supplies...

... or decision related to official duties undertaken or performed pursuant to this chapter. If any such person asks to be defended by the state against any claim or action arising out of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to the person's official duties, and if the request is made in writing at a reasonable time before trial and the person requesting defense cooperates in good faith in the defe...

...vide for all of the following: (1) On-site supervision when the delegation occurs in an institution or other facility that is used primarily for the purpose of providing health care, unless the board established a specific exception to the on-site supervision requirement with respect to routine administration of a topical drug; (2) Evaluation of whether delegation is appropriate according to the acuity of the pat...

...ssionals board in the adoption of rules under this section: (1) The board shall not permit an optometrist to employ, apply, administer, or prescribe an analgesic controlled substance other than a drug product that is used for the treatment of pain and meets one of the following conditions: (a) The product is a preparation that contains an amount of codeine per dosage unit, as specified by the board, and also cont...

...ion available through the drug database under division (A)(5) of section 4729.80 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) This section and the rules adopted under it do not apply if the state board of pharmacy no longer maintains the drug database.

...mic years with credits of at least one hundred thirty-four semester hours or two hundred quarter hours. (C) The board may establish standards for the approval of schools of optometry that are higher than the standards specified in division (B) of this section.

...rceptual conditions, public health, the legal issues regarding the clinical practice of optometry, and pharmacology; (3) Part three: Tests in patient care and management, clinical skills, and the visual recognition and interpretation of clinical signs. (C) The licensing examination accepted by the board may be offered in a manner other than the manner specified in division (B) of this section, but if offered in ano...

...all be accompanied by the fee specified under section 4725.34 of the Revised Code and shall contain all information the board considers necessary to determine whether an applicant is qualified to receive the certificate of licensure. The application shall be made upon the form prescribed by the board and shall be verified by the oath of the applicant. (B) To receive a certificate of licensure, an applicant must mee...

...o an applicant for an initial license unless the applicant complies with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

... to engage in the practice of optometry under its seal to every applicant who passes all parts of the licensing examination accepted by the board under section 4725.11 of the Revised Code and otherwise complies with the requirements of sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code. (B) Each person to whom a certificate of licensure is issued pursuant to this section by the board shall keep the certificate of lic...

... to engage in the practice of optometry under this chapter.

... applicant has failed four times the licensing examination or part of the examination that must be passed pursuant to section 4725.12 of the Revised Code, the board shall not give further consideration to the application until the applicant completes thirty hours of remedial training approved by the board in the specific subject area or areas covered by the examination or part of the examination that was failed.

...nually, the board shall post on its web site and shall mail, or send by electronic mail, to each licensed optometrist a list of courses approved in accordance with standards prescribed by board rule. Upon the request of a licensed optometrist, the executive director of the board shall supply a list of additional courses that the board has approved subsequent to the most recent web site posting, electronic mail transm...

... stringent as the standards established under sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code and the individual meets the conditions specified in division (B) of this section. The certificate of licensure may be issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the board's members. (B) An individual seeking a certificate of licensure pursuant to division (A) of this section shall submit an application to the bo...

... shall be established by the board in rules adopted under section 4725.09 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the sanctions specified in division (A) of this section may be taken by the board for any of the following reasons: (1) Committing fraud in passing the licensing examination or making false or purposely misleading statements in an application for a certificate of l...