ARIZONA OPTOMETRY LAW
PRACTICE SET 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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
s. aiding practice of optometry by an unlicensed, incompetent, or
impaired person
t. sharing fees with a person or organization in return for soliciting
customers for them
u. issuing a prescription order contingent on the purchase of ophthalmic
services or materials
◉ Negligence means: Answer: conduct that falls below the standard of
care for the protection of patients/public against unreasonable risk of
PRACTICE SET 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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
s. aiding practice of optometry by an unlicensed, incompetent, or
impaired person
t. sharing fees with a person or organization in return for soliciting
customers for them
u. issuing a prescription order contingent on the purchase of ophthalmic
services or materials
◉ Negligence means: Answer: conduct that falls below the standard of
care for the protection of patients/public against unreasonable risk of
