AZ OPTOMETRY LAW UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ What percentage of monies shall board deposit in state general
fund?Board of optometry fund?
Answer: State - 10%
Optometry - 90%
(sections 35-146 and 35-147)
◉ What amount of steroids are allowed to be prescribed?
Answer: In an amount that does not exceed the amount packaged for
a single course of therapy not more than 7 days
◉ Who can a licensee not prescribe, dispense, or administer oral
pharmaceuticals to?
Answer: A person under 6 years of age
◉ Under what circumstances may a licensee prescribe, dispense, or
administer schedule III controlled substance?
Answer: Only if it is an analgesic
◉ What is only injection optometrists are allowed to perform?
,Answer: Epinephrine auto-injectors in case of anaphylaxis
◉ When can licensee prescribed a schedule II controlled substance?
Answer: Analgesic that is reclassified from schedule III to schedule II
after January 1, 2014.
◉ What can a licensee not prescribe, dispense, or administer? (6)
Answer: 1. oral antifungal
2. oral antimetabolite
3. oral immunosuppressive
4. IV substances
5. Injections (except epipen)
6. Schedule I, II, IV, or V controlled substance
◉ How long must licensee by endorsement be engaged in practice?
Answer: Engaged in practice of optometry continuously for not less
than 4 of the 5 years immediately preceding the applicaiton
◉ How much notice will licensee get for examination if applicable?
Answer: Not less than 60 days before the date of examination
◉ How long does an applicant have to pay issuance fee?
, Answer: Within 60 days or must submit new application w/
applicable fees
◉ When must a license be renewed?
Answer: Every other year on or before the licensee's birthday by
submitting renewal form and fee
◉ When is a licensee subject to a late fee for renewal?
Answer: Does not renew within 30 days after the licensee's birthday
must pay late fee
◉ When does a license expire if not renewed?
Answer: Does not renew license w/in 4 months after the licensee's
birthday
◉ How much CE is required?
Answer: 32 hours every 2 years in order to renew/reinstate
◉ What is process to reinstate expired license?
Answer: Submit written application, pay all delinquent biennial fees,
all late fees, and 50 dollar penalty fee for each year license
unrenewed
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ What percentage of monies shall board deposit in state general
fund?Board of optometry fund?
Answer: State - 10%
Optometry - 90%
(sections 35-146 and 35-147)
◉ What amount of steroids are allowed to be prescribed?
Answer: In an amount that does not exceed the amount packaged for
a single course of therapy not more than 7 days
◉ Who can a licensee not prescribe, dispense, or administer oral
pharmaceuticals to?
Answer: A person under 6 years of age
◉ Under what circumstances may a licensee prescribe, dispense, or
administer schedule III controlled substance?
Answer: Only if it is an analgesic
◉ What is only injection optometrists are allowed to perform?
,Answer: Epinephrine auto-injectors in case of anaphylaxis
◉ When can licensee prescribed a schedule II controlled substance?
Answer: Analgesic that is reclassified from schedule III to schedule II
after January 1, 2014.
◉ What can a licensee not prescribe, dispense, or administer? (6)
Answer: 1. oral antifungal
2. oral antimetabolite
3. oral immunosuppressive
4. IV substances
5. Injections (except epipen)
6. Schedule I, II, IV, or V controlled substance
◉ How long must licensee by endorsement be engaged in practice?
Answer: Engaged in practice of optometry continuously for not less
than 4 of the 5 years immediately preceding the applicaiton
◉ How much notice will licensee get for examination if applicable?
Answer: Not less than 60 days before the date of examination
◉ How long does an applicant have to pay issuance fee?
, Answer: Within 60 days or must submit new application w/
applicable fees
◉ When must a license be renewed?
Answer: Every other year on or before the licensee's birthday by
submitting renewal form and fee
◉ When is a licensee subject to a late fee for renewal?
Answer: Does not renew within 30 days after the licensee's birthday
must pay late fee
◉ When does a license expire if not renewed?
Answer: Does not renew license w/in 4 months after the licensee's
birthday
◉ How much CE is required?
Answer: 32 hours every 2 years in order to renew/reinstate
◉ What is process to reinstate expired license?
Answer: Submit written application, pay all delinquent biennial fees,
all late fees, and 50 dollar penalty fee for each year license
unrenewed
