(a) An optometrist
engaged in the active practice of optometry shall practice in a room used
exclusively for the practice of optometry when practicing in the optometrist's
office. A change in this address, or the addition of places of practice, shall
comply with §§
23.43 and
23.44 (relating to offices; and
additional practice locations).
(b)
In compliance with §
23.36 (relating to consultant,
advisor, staff or employe optometry), an optometrist may arrange the
professional practice to include service to a licensed health care service
facility, including in-patient or out-patient hospitals and emergency rooms,
nursing homes and long-term care facilities, or any facility with the need for
optometric services.
(c) An
optometrist may, as a professional courtesy, accept a request to attend the
patients of another optometrist in the office of the other optometrist, during
a temporary absence from practice, if consistent with other duties.
(d) An optometrist may provide services to a
patient who is physically incapable of coming to the optometrist's office, at
that patient's residence or location.
(e) An optometrist may provide vision
screenings at any location, public or private, within this
Commonwealth.
(f) An optometrist
shall carry his wallet renewal card on his person as proof of current
licensure, for presentation on demand, whenever rendering optometric services
outside of his regular practice location.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 23.33 adopted September 16, 1965; amended October 28,
1988, effective 10/29/1988, 18
Pa.B. 4863; amended May 31, 1991, effective 6/1/1991, 21 Pa.B. 2552; amended June 3, 2005,
effective 6/4/2005, 35 Pa.B.
3220.
The provisions of this § 23.33 amended under
section 3(b)(14) of the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act (63 P. S. §
244.3(b)(14)); amended under
section 812.1 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
279.3a); and sections 3(a)(2), (2.1), (3) and
(14), (b)(9) and (14) and 6(c)(2)(ii) of the Optometric Practice and Licensure
Act (63 P. S. §§
244.3(a)(2), (2.1), (3) and
(14), (b)(9) and (14) and 244.6(c)(2)(ii)).
This section in 49 Pa. Code §
23.44 (relating to additional
practice locations); and 49 Pa. Code §
23.63 (relating to fee
sharing).
