AZ OPTOMETRY LAW COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ The board may not adopt a rule that:
Answer: 1. regulates a licensee's fees or charges to a patient
2. regulate the place in which a licensee may practice
3. prescribes the manner or method of accounting, billing or
collection of fees
4. prohibits advertising by a licensee unless the advertising is
inconsistent with section 44-1481 (no false claims)
◉ If a person is aggrieved by an action taken by the board the
person:
Answer: may request the board review that action by filing with the
board a written request within 30 days after that person is notified
of the action by personal delivery or certified mail to that person's
last known residence or place of business. They vote on it at the next
regular board meeting.
◉ Board of optometry fund:
,Answer: board deposits 10 percent of all monies into the state
general fund and the remaining 90 percent into the board of
optometry fund
◉ What can you use pharmaceutical agents for?
Answer: for the treatment of diseases of the eye and its adnexa for
any one patient for each occurrence for a period of not more than
the day limit recommended by the manufacturer or physicians desk
reference (unless otherwise specified per section 32-1728)
◉ What types of pharmaceutical agents may be used/prescribed?
Answer: 1. anti-infectives classified as tetracycline and its
derivatives, cephalosporins, penicillin and its derivatives, macrolide,
fluroquinolones, and anti-virals
2. anti-histamines
3. non steroidal anti-inflammatory agents
4. agents for the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma, including
carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
5. steroids in an amount that does not exceed the amount packaged
for a SINGLE COURSE of therapy of NOT MORE THAN 7 DAYS
,-none of these for a child under 6 years old
--a schedule III controlled substance ONLY if it is an ANALGESIC and
any controlled substance only if it is an analgesic that is reclassified
from schedule III to II after January 1, 2014
---may use epinephrine auto-injections to counteract an
anaphylactic reaction
◉ What pharmaceuticals may a licensee not use (prescribe,
dispense, or administer)?
Answer: 1. an oral anti fungal
2. an oral antimetabolite
3. an oral immunosuppressive
4. a substance administered intravenously
5. except as provided in subsection f (aka epinephrine for
anaphylaxis), no substances administered by injection
, 6. except as provided in subsection d (aka schedule III or schedule III
to II after 1/1/2014), may not use a schedule I, II, IV, or V controlled
substance
◉ Issuance and display of license and certificate
Answer: board will issue license to those who quality and pay fee
within 60 days of application
must display the current, original document in a conspicuous place
that is accessible to the public
if working multiple places, must display a board-issued duplicate of
that document at each location
◉ Renewing license
Answer: starting 9/1/2001, a licensee who wishes to renew a
license must do so EVERY OTHER YEAR, ON or BEFORE the
licensee's BIRTHDAY
-if you do not renew within 30 days of birthday, you must also pay a
late fee to renew license
--license EXPIRES if not renewed within 4 MONTHS of licensee's
birthday
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ The board may not adopt a rule that:
Answer: 1. regulates a licensee's fees or charges to a patient
2. regulate the place in which a licensee may practice
3. prescribes the manner or method of accounting, billing or
collection of fees
4. prohibits advertising by a licensee unless the advertising is
inconsistent with section 44-1481 (no false claims)
◉ If a person is aggrieved by an action taken by the board the
person:
Answer: may request the board review that action by filing with the
board a written request within 30 days after that person is notified
of the action by personal delivery or certified mail to that person's
last known residence or place of business. They vote on it at the next
regular board meeting.
◉ Board of optometry fund:
,Answer: board deposits 10 percent of all monies into the state
general fund and the remaining 90 percent into the board of
optometry fund
◉ What can you use pharmaceutical agents for?
Answer: for the treatment of diseases of the eye and its adnexa for
any one patient for each occurrence for a period of not more than
the day limit recommended by the manufacturer or physicians desk
reference (unless otherwise specified per section 32-1728)
◉ What types of pharmaceutical agents may be used/prescribed?
Answer: 1. anti-infectives classified as tetracycline and its
derivatives, cephalosporins, penicillin and its derivatives, macrolide,
fluroquinolones, and anti-virals
2. anti-histamines
3. non steroidal anti-inflammatory agents
4. agents for the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma, including
carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
5. steroids in an amount that does not exceed the amount packaged
for a SINGLE COURSE of therapy of NOT MORE THAN 7 DAYS
,-none of these for a child under 6 years old
--a schedule III controlled substance ONLY if it is an ANALGESIC and
any controlled substance only if it is an analgesic that is reclassified
from schedule III to II after January 1, 2014
---may use epinephrine auto-injections to counteract an
anaphylactic reaction
◉ What pharmaceuticals may a licensee not use (prescribe,
dispense, or administer)?
Answer: 1. an oral anti fungal
2. an oral antimetabolite
3. an oral immunosuppressive
4. a substance administered intravenously
5. except as provided in subsection f (aka epinephrine for
anaphylaxis), no substances administered by injection
, 6. except as provided in subsection d (aka schedule III or schedule III
to II after 1/1/2014), may not use a schedule I, II, IV, or V controlled
substance
◉ Issuance and display of license and certificate
Answer: board will issue license to those who quality and pay fee
within 60 days of application
must display the current, original document in a conspicuous place
that is accessible to the public
if working multiple places, must display a board-issued duplicate of
that document at each location
◉ Renewing license
Answer: starting 9/1/2001, a licensee who wishes to renew a
license must do so EVERY OTHER YEAR, ON or BEFORE the
licensee's BIRTHDAY
-if you do not renew within 30 days of birthday, you must also pay a
late fee to renew license
--license EXPIRES if not renewed within 4 MONTHS of licensee's
birthday
