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Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: December 16, 2002

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 8. Optometry (Refs & Annos)
Optometric Practice and Licensure Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 16, 2002
63 P.S. § 244.4b
§ 244.4b. Additional requirements to prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of certain types of glaucoma
(a) Prior to treating glaucoma for the first time, all therapeutically certified optometrists must have passed an examination that included prescription and administration of pharmaceutical agents for therapeutic purposes as required in section 4.1(a).1 Therapeutically certified optometrists who passed the examination under section 4.1(a)(2) shall also complete at least 18 hours of continuing education in glaucoma. In order to continue treating glaucoma, the therapeutically certified optometrist shall, as part of the continuing education required for renewal of a license under this act, complete at least four hours in the study of the prescription and administration of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of glaucoma.
(b) Therapeutically certified optometrists who prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of glaucoma permitted under this act shall obtain and maintain professional liability insurance in accordance with section 3(a)(2.5),2 except that the amount of professional liability insurance maintained shall be a minimum of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 per annual aggregate.

Credits

1980, June 6, P.L. 197, No. 57, § 4.2, added 2002, Dec. 16, P.L. 1950, No. 225, § 2, imd. effective.

Footnotes

63 P.S. § 244.4a.
63 P.S. § 244.3.
63 P.S. § 244.4b, PA ST 63 P.S. § 244.4b
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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