Section 08.72.272. Pharmaceutical agents.

   (a) A licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent, including a controlled substance, in the practice of optometry if
        (1) the pharmaceutical agent
             (A) is prescribed and used for the treatment of ocular disease or conditions, ocular adnexal disease or conditions, or emergency anaphylaxis;
             (B) is not a schedule IA, IIA, or VIA controlled substance; however, notwithstanding this subparagraph, a licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent containing hydrocodone;
             (C) is prescribed in a quantity that does not exceed four days of prescribed use if it is a controlled substance;
             (D) is not injected into the ocular globe of the eye; and
             (E) is not a derivative of clostridium botulinum; and
        (2) the licensee
             (A) has a physician-patient relationship, as defined by the board in regulations adopted under this chapter, with the person to whom the pharmaceutical agent is prescribed; and
             (B) has on file with the department the licensee's current federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number that is valid for the controlled substance prescribed or used.
   (b)  [Repealed, Sec. 7 ch 27 SLA 2010].
   (c)  [Repealed, Sec. 7 ch 27 SLA 2010].
   (d) In this section, "controlled substance" has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900.

Authorities

8.72.300

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 289 BOARD OF BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS
SB 55 OPTOMETRY & OPTOMETRISTS

Implemented As

12 AAC 48.011
12 AAC 48.020
12 AAC 48.026
12 AAC 48.035
12 AAC 48.210

References

12 AAC 48.011
12 AAC 48.020
12 AAC 48.022
12 AAC 48.026
12 AAC 48.035
12 AAC 48.990
AS 8.72.300 .300">Sec. 08.72.300. Definitions.

History

(Sec. 7 ch 49 SLA 1988; am Sec. 2 ch 58 SLA 1992; am Sec. 9, 10 ch 24 SLA 2006; am Sec. 3 - 6 ch 66 SLA 2007; am Sec. 6, 7 ch 27 SLA 2010; am Sec. 1 ch 35 SLA 2014)