West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 14 - Optometry
Title 14 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
Series 14-02 - Oral Pharmaceutical Certificate
Section 14-2-10 - Restrictions
Universal Citation: 14 WV Code of State Rules 14-2-10
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 52, December 27, 2024
10.1. A certificate holder may not establish a pharmacy in an optometric office or sell oral pharmaceutical agents prescribed in treatment unless there is a licensed pharmacist on staff and present when the prescriptions are filled.
10.1.a. The certificate holder may also pass
on to the patient a charge for any medications provided to initiate treatment
which reflects only the actual amount paid by the optometrist for the agents.
In no event shall an optometrist increase the cost of the pharmaceutical agent
beyond the wholesale cost of that medication.
10.2. The certificate holder practicing under the authority of this rule shall be held to the same standards of care as that of other health care practitioners providing similar services.
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