(1) Failure of an applicant for licensure to demonstrate the necessary qualifications as provided in this act or the rules and regulations of the board.

(2) Failure to permanently display in any location in which he practices a license or a certified copy of a license issued by the board.

(3) Use of deceit or fraud in obtaining a license or in the practice of optometry.

(4) Making misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representations or advertisements in the practice of optometry.

(5) Conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. Conviction shall include a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of guilt or a plea of nolo contendere.

(6) Revocation, suspension or refusal to grant a license to practice optometry, or imposition of other disciplinary action, by the proper licensing authority of another state, territory or country.

(7) Being unable to practice the profession with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, addiction to drugs or alcohol, having been convicted of a felonious act prohibited under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64),¹ known as “The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,” or convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance in a court of law of the United States or any other state, territory, possession or country, or if he or she is or shall become mentally incompetent. An applicant's statement on the application declaring the absence of a conviction shall be deemed satisfactory evidence of the absence of a conviction unless the board has some evidence to the contrary. In enforcing this paragraph, the board shall, upon probable cause, have authority to compel a practitioner to submit to a mental or physical examination by a physician or a psychologist approved by the board. Failure of a practitioner to submit to such an examination when directed by the board, unless such failure is due to circumstances beyond his or her control, shall constitute an admission of the allegations against him or her, consequent upon which a default and final order may be entered without the taking of testimony or presentation of evidence. A practitioner affected under this paragraph shall at reasonable intervals be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate that he or she can resume a competent practice of his or her profession with reasonable skill and safety to patients.

(8) Violation of a regulation promulgated or order issued by the board in a previous disciplinary proceeding against that licensee or applicant for licensure.

(9) Knowingly aiding, assisting, procuring or advising an unlicensed person, or person who is in violation of this act, or the rules and regulations of the board, to practice optometry.

(10) Failure to conform to, the acceptable and prevailing standards of optometric practice in rendering professional service to a patient. Actual injury to a patient need not be established.

(11) Neglect of duty in the practice of optometry, which may include failure to refer a patient, when appropriate, to a physician for consultation or further treatment when an optometric examination determines the presence of a pathology.

(1) Refuse, revoke or suspend a license.

(2) Administer a public reprimand.

(3) Limit or otherwise restrict the licensee's practice under this act.

(4) Suspend any enforcement under this subsection and place an optometrist on probation, with the right to vacate the probationary order and impose the enforcement.

(5) Require a licensee to submit to the care, counseling or treatment of a physician or a psychologist designated by the board.

(6) Restore or reissue, in its discretion, a suspended license to practice optometry and impose any disciplinary or corrective measure which it might originally have imposed.