Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 420 - GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS
Chapter 420-4 - CONDUCT
Rule 420-4-.03 - Code of Ethics
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
The following code of ethics is hereby adopted by the Board to govern and as a guide for the conduct of licensed dispensing opticians in the practice of opticianry in this state. Each licensed optician shall:
(a) Keep the visual welfare of the customer uppermost at all times;
(b) Promote in every possible way the better care of the visual needs of the citizens of this state;
(c) Enhance continuously his/her educational and technical proficiency to the end that his/her customers shall receive the benefits of all acknowledged improvements in visual care;
(d) See that no worthy person shall lack for opticianry service regardless of the financial status of the person;
(e) Advise each customer whenever consultation with an Optometrist or Ophthalmologist for professional care seems advisable;
(f) Hold in confidence all information concerning a customer and use such data only for the benefit of the customer;
(g) Conduct himself/herself as an exemplary citizen;
(h) Maintain his office and practice in harmony with true professional standards;
(i) Maintain and promote cordial and useful mutual relationships with members of his profession and other professions for the interchange of information for the advantage of mankind; and
(j) Refrain from any exaggeration of a customer's condition.
O.C.G.A. Sec. 43-29-6.
