OPTOMETRY LICENSING CERTIFICATION
PAPER 2026 FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
● Examples of Schedule I drugs Answer: Heroin, LSD, ecstasy,
marijuana
● Examples of Schedule II Drugs Answer: Vicodin
Oxycontin
Dilaudid
● Definition of Ophthalmic Surgery Answer: In Vivo human tissue is
injected, cut, burned, frozen, sutured, vaporized, coagulated, or
photodisrupted by the use of a surgical instrument such as: scalpel,
cryoprobe, laser, electric cautery, ionizing radiation.
● Subsection D Answer: List of ophthalmic surgery procedures NOT
allowed by optometrists
● True or False Optometrists can perform LASIK in Louisiana Answer:
False
● True or False: Optometrists can perform PRK in Louisiana Answer:
False
,● True or False: Optometrists can perform Yags in Louisiana Answer:
True
● True or False: Optometrists can Perform laser trabeculoplasty in
Louisiana Answer: True
● True or False: Optometrists can perform laser peripheral iridotomies
in Louisiana Answer: True
● True or False: Optometrists can perform surgery that requires suturing
in Louisiana Answer: False
● True or False: Optometrists can perform surgery that involves incision
of the retina, vitreous, iris, or ciliary body Answer: False
● True or False: Optometrists can administer general anesthesia and/or
perform surgery under general anesthesia Answer: False
● True or False: Optometrists can perform any laser or nonlaser
injection into the vitreous of the eye to treat macular disease Answer:
False
● True or False: Optometrists can enucleate an eye Answer: False
, ● True or False: Optometrists can perform parensenthesis in emergency
situations to lower IOP Answer: True
● True or False: Optometrists can perform Surgery of the eyelid for
suspect eyelid malignancies or for incisional cosmetic or mechanical
repair of blepharochalasis, ptosis, and tarsorrhaphy Answer: False
● How many members of the Board are licensed optometrists? Answer:
5
● Optometric members of the board shall have practiced for a minimum
of ___ years and be appointment by whom? Answer: 7 years
The Governor
● How many names will be provided to the Governor Answer: Three
● What are the qualifications of the Consumer Member at Large for the
Board? Answer: 1. A US Citizen
2. A resident of Louisiana for at least one year
3. Has attained the age of majority.
4. Shall not have ever been licensed by any of the licensing boards
identified in R.S. 36:259(A), nor shall he have a spouse who has ever
been licensed by a board identified in R.S. 36:259(A).
PAPER 2026 FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
● Examples of Schedule I drugs Answer: Heroin, LSD, ecstasy,
marijuana
● Examples of Schedule II Drugs Answer: Vicodin
Oxycontin
Dilaudid
● Definition of Ophthalmic Surgery Answer: In Vivo human tissue is
injected, cut, burned, frozen, sutured, vaporized, coagulated, or
photodisrupted by the use of a surgical instrument such as: scalpel,
cryoprobe, laser, electric cautery, ionizing radiation.
● Subsection D Answer: List of ophthalmic surgery procedures NOT
allowed by optometrists
● True or False Optometrists can perform LASIK in Louisiana Answer:
False
● True or False: Optometrists can perform PRK in Louisiana Answer:
False
,● True or False: Optometrists can perform Yags in Louisiana Answer:
True
● True or False: Optometrists can Perform laser trabeculoplasty in
Louisiana Answer: True
● True or False: Optometrists can perform laser peripheral iridotomies
in Louisiana Answer: True
● True or False: Optometrists can perform surgery that requires suturing
in Louisiana Answer: False
● True or False: Optometrists can perform surgery that involves incision
of the retina, vitreous, iris, or ciliary body Answer: False
● True or False: Optometrists can administer general anesthesia and/or
perform surgery under general anesthesia Answer: False
● True or False: Optometrists can perform any laser or nonlaser
injection into the vitreous of the eye to treat macular disease Answer:
False
● True or False: Optometrists can enucleate an eye Answer: False
, ● True or False: Optometrists can perform parensenthesis in emergency
situations to lower IOP Answer: True
● True or False: Optometrists can perform Surgery of the eyelid for
suspect eyelid malignancies or for incisional cosmetic or mechanical
repair of blepharochalasis, ptosis, and tarsorrhaphy Answer: False
● How many members of the Board are licensed optometrists? Answer:
5
● Optometric members of the board shall have practiced for a minimum
of ___ years and be appointment by whom? Answer: 7 years
The Governor
● How many names will be provided to the Governor Answer: Three
● What are the qualifications of the Consumer Member at Large for the
Board? Answer: 1. A US Citizen
2. A resident of Louisiana for at least one year
3. Has attained the age of majority.
4. Shall not have ever been licensed by any of the licensing boards
identified in R.S. 36:259(A), nor shall he have a spouse who has ever
been licensed by a board identified in R.S. 36:259(A).
