Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1320 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE ACT OF 1987
Subpart C - DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC OCULAR PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS
Section 1320.330 - Approved Therapeutic Ocular Pharmaceutical Agents Pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Act
Universal Citation: 68 IL Admin Code ยง 1320.330
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The following categories of therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical agents are approved for use by licensed optometrists:
1)
Anti-Infective Agents
2)
Anti-Allergy Agents
3)
Anti-Glaucoma Agents (except oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, which may be
prescribed only in a quantity sufficient to provide treatment for up to 72
hours)
4) Anti-Inflammatory Agents.
Oral steroids may be prescribed only in a quantity to provide treatment for up
to 7 days.
5) Topical Anesthetic
Agents
6) Over the Counter
Agents
7) Analgesic
Agents
8) Mydriatic Reversing
Agents
9) Anti-Dry Eye
Agents
10) Agents for the treatment
of hypotrichosis
11) Topical
ophthalmic treatment for acquired blepharoptosis
b) Licensed optometrists shall be permitted to use topical anesthetics, mydriatics, cycloplegics and miotics.
c) Oral pharmaceutical agents may be prescribed for a child under 5 years of age only in consultation with a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.
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