Wis. Admin. Code Optometry Examining Board Opt 6.04 - Certificate to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and remove foreign bodies from eyes

(1) A licensed optometrist who has submitted an adverse drug reaction referral plan in accordance with s. Opt 6.025 is authorized to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and remove foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye if any of the following applies:

(a) The board initially issued a license to practice optometry to the optometrist on or after August 1, 2006.

(b) The board issued a certificate to the optometrist under s. 449.18, 2003 Stats.

(c) The board issued a certificate under sub. (2) to an optometrist issued a license to practice optometry before August 1, 2006.

(2) An optometrist licensed prior to August 1, 2006, shall be certified by the board to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under this section if all of the following are completed:

(a) The optometrist has a certificate to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents in accordance with s. Opt 6.03.

(b) The optometrist submits an application to the department.

(c) The optometrist has completed all of the following:

1. One hundred classroom hours of post doctorate study in the use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and the removal of superficial foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye, on or after January 1, 1987, at an approved institution and achieved a minimum passing score.

2. Passed one of the following approved examinations:

a. An exam administered as part of the course of study under subd. 1. that, as determined by the board, satisfactorily assesses competency. The board may require additional evidence to approve the exam.

b. The Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease, TMOD, National Board of Examiners in Optometry exam administered after 1985 with a minimum passing score as determined by the board in accordance with s. Opt 3.07.

(3) An optometrist authorized under this section may not remove a foreign body from an eye or from an appendage to an eye if the foreign body is deeper than Bowman's layer of the cornea or deeper than the conjunctiva, in accordance with s. 449.18(5), Stats.

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Wis. Admin. Code Optometry Examining Board Opt 6.04

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