AZ OPTOMETRY LAW ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Liscensee means:
Answer: a person licensed to practice the profession of optometry
pursuant to this chapter
◉ Pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical agent means:
Answer: a prescription or nonprescription substance or a schedule
III controlled substance used for examination, diagnosis, or
treatment of conditions of the human eye and its adnexa
◉ Practice of the profession of optometry means:
Answer: a. the examination or refraction of the human eye and its
apendages and the employment of any objective or subjective means
or methods other than surgery for the purpose of diagnosing or
treating any visual, muscular, neurological, or anatomical anomalies
of the eye
b. the use of pharmaceutical agents authorized pursuant to this
chapter
c. the use of any instrument or device to train the visual system or
correct any abnormal condition of the eye/eyes
,d. the prescribing, fitting, or employment of any lens, prism, frame,
or mountings for the correction or relief of or aid to the visual
function, provided that superficial foreign bodies may be removed
from the eye and its appendages
e. taking of smears of the human eye and its adnexa for culture
analysis and the ordering or performing of clinical tests that are
appropriate to diagnose, treat, or manage conditions of the human
eye and its adnexa and that are limited to those CLIA-waived clinical
tests approved pursuant to 42code of federal regulations section
493.15
◉ surgery means:
Answer: in reference to the human eye and its appendages, an
INVASIVE procedure in which in vivo human tissue is cut, burned,
vaporized, removed, coagulated, or photo disrupted by use of an
electrical cautery, a scalpel, a cryoprobe, a laser or ionizing radiation
◉ surgery does not include:
Answer: nonsurgical procedures, including the removal of
superficial foreign bodies or eyelashes or the use of lasers for
diagnostic purposes
◉ Unprofessional conduct examples?
,Answer: a. willful betrayal of professional secret or violation of a
privileged communication except as otherwise required by law
b. charging for services not rendered, or dividing professional fees
bx providers
c. use of narcotic drugs or alcohol while practicing or attempting to
practice
d. impersonating another licensee
e. referring to an unlicensed person
f. gross negligence or repeated acts of incompetence
g. any conduct that constitutes a danger to health, welfare, or safety
of patients or public
h. prescribing or dispensing or pretending to use any secret
means/methods/device
I. refusing to tell board what was used for exam/therapy
, j. representing that a manifestly not correctable condition can be
permanently corrected or that a correctable condition can be
corrected within a stated time if this is not accurate
k. knowingly making false statement
l. failing to comply with board order or consent agreement
m. fraud, forgery, falsification, or purgery
n. willfully and without legal justification not giving info to the board
that is necessary for investigation
o. conduct that discredits the profession
p. sexual intimacies with a patient in the course of care or treatment
q. falsely claiming attendance at a required CE course
r. soliciting patient by fraud/misleading advertising
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Liscensee means:
Answer: a person licensed to practice the profession of optometry
pursuant to this chapter
◉ Pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical agent means:
Answer: a prescription or nonprescription substance or a schedule
III controlled substance used for examination, diagnosis, or
treatment of conditions of the human eye and its adnexa
◉ Practice of the profession of optometry means:
Answer: a. the examination or refraction of the human eye and its
apendages and the employment of any objective or subjective means
or methods other than surgery for the purpose of diagnosing or
treating any visual, muscular, neurological, or anatomical anomalies
of the eye
b. the use of pharmaceutical agents authorized pursuant to this
chapter
c. the use of any instrument or device to train the visual system or
correct any abnormal condition of the eye/eyes
,d. the prescribing, fitting, or employment of any lens, prism, frame,
or mountings for the correction or relief of or aid to the visual
function, provided that superficial foreign bodies may be removed
from the eye and its appendages
e. taking of smears of the human eye and its adnexa for culture
analysis and the ordering or performing of clinical tests that are
appropriate to diagnose, treat, or manage conditions of the human
eye and its adnexa and that are limited to those CLIA-waived clinical
tests approved pursuant to 42code of federal regulations section
493.15
◉ surgery means:
Answer: in reference to the human eye and its appendages, an
INVASIVE procedure in which in vivo human tissue is cut, burned,
vaporized, removed, coagulated, or photo disrupted by use of an
electrical cautery, a scalpel, a cryoprobe, a laser or ionizing radiation
◉ surgery does not include:
Answer: nonsurgical procedures, including the removal of
superficial foreign bodies or eyelashes or the use of lasers for
diagnostic purposes
◉ Unprofessional conduct examples?
,Answer: a. willful betrayal of professional secret or violation of a
privileged communication except as otherwise required by law
b. charging for services not rendered, or dividing professional fees
bx providers
c. use of narcotic drugs or alcohol while practicing or attempting to
practice
d. impersonating another licensee
e. referring to an unlicensed person
f. gross negligence or repeated acts of incompetence
g. any conduct that constitutes a danger to health, welfare, or safety
of patients or public
h. prescribing or dispensing or pretending to use any secret
means/methods/device
I. refusing to tell board what was used for exam/therapy
, j. representing that a manifestly not correctable condition can be
permanently corrected or that a correctable condition can be
corrected within a stated time if this is not accurate
k. knowingly making false statement
l. failing to comply with board order or consent agreement
m. fraud, forgery, falsification, or purgery
n. willfully and without legal justification not giving info to the board
that is necessary for investigation
o. conduct that discredits the profession
p. sexual intimacies with a patient in the course of care or treatment
q. falsely claiming attendance at a required CE course
r. soliciting patient by fraud/misleading advertising
