Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2210 - State Board of Optometry
Chapter 2 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2210-2.080 - Certification of Optometrists to Use Pharmaceutical Agents
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets out the requirements and procedures for the certification of optometrists to use pharmaceutical agents.
(1) No optometrist licensed in this state may use pharmaceutical agents in the practice of optometry unless that optometrist has been certified by the board as qualified to use those pharmaceutical agents in the practice of optometry.
(2) All applications for pharmaceutical certification must be made on forms provided by the board and must be accompanied by the pharmaceutical certification fee. The application must be accompanied by proof that the applicant has passed an examination approved by the board.
(3) The board will certify optometrists currently licensed in this state as qualified to use pharmaceutical agents in the practice of optometry in accordance with the following guidelines:
(4) The board may not accept any documentation required by subsection (3)(A) of this rule unless the course of studies it reflects is certified by the institution as being comparable in content to those courses in general and ocular pharmacology required by other licensing boards whose licensees or registrants are permitted the use of pharmaceutical agents in the course of their professional practice.
(5) Applicants certified to use pharmaceutical agents in another state whose requirements for certification are substantially equivalent as those required in this state may be granted a certification to use pharmaceutical agents in Missouri without examination.
(6) Use of oral analgesic agents shall be limited to those specific uses as follows:
*Original authority: 336.160, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1963, 1981, 2007 and 336.220, RSMo 1981, amended 1986, 1993, 1995, 2007.