Indiana Administrative Code
Title 852 - INDIANA OPTOMETRY BOARD
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 11 - Competent Practice of Optometry; Standards
Section 11-1 - Duties and responsibilities of optometrists
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 25-24-1-1
Affected: IC 25-24-1-4
Sec. 1.
An optometrist shall conduct his or her practice in accordance with the following standards, including, but not limited to:
(1) A licensed optometrist is professionally competent if in the practice of optometry, he or she exercises the reasonable care and diligence ordinarily exercised by members of his or her profession in similar cases under like conditions.
(2) A practitioner has a duty and responsibility to employ the necessary means in order to obtain a complete diagnosis of the human eye, visual system, or associated structures as specified by IC 25-24-1-4.
(3) A practitioner has a duty and responsibility as part of a complete diagnosis to maintain comprehensive patient records including, but not limited to, systemic and ocular health, medications, allergies, family history, prior eye care, systemic and ocular problems, examination results, treatments, drugs, agents, or other devices administered, prescribed, or dispensed, including all follow-up examinations and treatments.
