Chapter 38 - NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRISTS

  1. Subchapter 1 - ADVERTISEMENTS AND SOLICITATION (§ 13:38-1.1 to 13:38-1.4)
  2. Subchapter 2 - GENERAL RULES OF OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE (§ 13:38-2.1 to 13:38-2.15)
  3. Subchapter 3 - GENERAL PROVISION (§ 13:38-3.1 to 13:38-3.10)
  4. Subchapter 4 - THERAPEUTIC PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS (TPA) CERTIFICATION (§ 13:38-4.1 to 13:38-4.5)
  5. Subchapter 5 - FEE SCHEDULE (§ 13:38-5.1)
  6. Subchapter 6 - RECORDS (§ 13:38-6.1)
  7. Subchapter 7 - CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL OPTOMETRIC EDUCATION (§ 13:38-7.1 to 13:38-7.8)

Notes

CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: May 1, 2018.
See: 50 N.J.R. 1372(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was adopted and became effective prior to September 1, 1969.
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 6, Records, was readopted as R.1983 d.359, effective August 15, 1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 1011(a), 15 N.J.R. 1481(d).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 2, General Rules of Optometric Practice, expired on July 17, 1984.
Subchapter 2, General Rules of Optometric Practice, was adopted as new rules by R.1985 d.60, effective February 19, 1985. See: 16 N.J.R. 3289(a), 17 N.J.R. 467(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 5, Fee Schedule, expired on April 23, 1984.
Subchapter 5, Fee Schedule, was adopted as new rules by R.1985 d.254, effective May 20, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 667(a), 17 N.J.R. 1323(a).
Petition for Rulemaking. See: 22 N.J.R. 673(a).
Petition for Rulemaking. See: 22 N.J.R. 1634(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978) Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was readopted as R.1990 d.476, effective August 27, 1990, and Subchapter 4, Forms, was repealed by R.1990 d.476, effective October 1, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 1866(a), 22 N.J.R. 3153(a).
Petition for Rulemaking. See: 23 N.J.R. 1213(a), 23 N.J.R. 2191(c).
Petition for Rulemaking. See: 23 N.J.R. 1214(a), 23 N.J.R. 2191(d).
Subchapter 4, Examination, was adopted as new rules by R.1992 d.443, effective November 2, 1992. See: 24 N.J.R. 2802(a), 24 N.J.R. 4058(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was readopted as R.1995 d.524, effective August 25, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 2092(a), 27 N.J.R. 3617(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 38 expired on August 25, 2000.
Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was adopted as new rules by R.2000 d.382, effective September 18, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2370(a), 32 N.J.R. 3446(a).
Subchapter 7, Continuing Professional Optometric Education, was adopted as new rules by R.2002 d.105, effective April 1, 2002. See: 33 N.J.R. 2947(a), 34 N.J.R. 1454(b).
Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was readopted as R.2006 d.126, effective March 7, 2006. As a part of R.2006 d.126, Subchapter 3, General Provisions, was renamed General Provision, effective April 3, 2006. See: 37 N.J.R. 3780(a), 38 N.J.R. 1574(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was scheduled to expire on September 3, 2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was readopted as R.2012 d.077, effective March 15, 2012. See: 43 N.J.R. 822(a), 44 N.J.R. 1272(a).
Chapter 38, New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, was readopted, effective May 1, 2018. See: Source and Effective Date.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 45:12-4.

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