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17-90-403. Authority to possess, administer, and prescribe.
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17-90-403. Authority to possess, administer, and prescribe.
(a) A person may possess, administer, and prescribe pharmaceutical agents for the diagnosis or treatment of conditions involving only the eye, lids, or adnexa if the person:
(1) Is engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in § 17-90-101;
(2) Has the education and professional competence as determined by the State Board of Optometry;
(3) Has satisfied the educational requirements established by the State Board of Optometry from a college or university accredited by a regional or professional accreditation organization that is recognized or approved by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the United States Department of Education, or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and
(4) Has met the requirements of § 17-90-401.
(b)(1) Optometrists shall not possess, administer, or prescribe the pharmaceutical agents listed in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., except hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral analgesic drugs.
(2) A prescription written by an optometrist for hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral analgesic drugs, shall not exceed seventy-two (72) hours and shall not authorize refills.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-90-403
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17-90-403. Authority to possess, administer, and prescribe.
(a) A person may possess, administer, and prescribe pharmaceutical agents for the diagnosis or treatment of conditions involving only the eye, lids, or adnexa if the person:
(1) Is engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in § 17-90-101;
(2) Has the education and professional competence as determined by the State Board of Optometry;
(3) Has satisfied the educational requirements established by the State Board of Optometry from a college or university accredited by a regional or professional accreditation organization that is recognized or approved by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the United States Department of Education, or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and
(4) Has met the requirements of § 17-90-401.
(b)(1) Optometrists shall not possess, administer, or prescribe the pharmaceutical agents listed in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., except hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral analgesic drugs.
(2) A prescription written by an optometrist for hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral analgesic drugs, shall not exceed seventy-two (72) hours and shall not authorize refills.
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17-90-101. Definition — Applicability.
(a)(1) The “practice of optometry” means the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and management of conditions of the human eye, lid, adnexa, and visual system, including the removal of foreign bodies from the cornea, conjunctiva, lid, or adnexa but shall exclude other surgery of the lid, adnexa, or visual system which requires anything other than a topical anesthetic.
(2) “Optometry” shall include utilizing any method or means which the licensed optometrist is educationally qualified to provide, as established and determined by the State Board of Optometry. In administering this chapter, the board shall by rule prescribe those acts, services, procedures, and practices which constitute both primary optometric eye care and the practice of optometry.
(3)(A) The “practice of optometry” shall include, but not be limited to, the prescribing and sale of eyeglasses and contact lenses, the prescribing and administering of all oral and topical drugs for the diagnosis or treatment only of conditions of the eye, lids, and adnexa, and the prescribing and administering of epinephrine, benadryl, or other comparable medication for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis or anaphylactic reactions.
(B) All licensed optometrists are prohibited from using ophthalmic lasers for surgical procedures except as permitted in subdivision (a)(3)(D) of this section, performing cataract surgery, performing radial keratotomy surgery, and selling prescription drugs.
(C)(i) Optometrists are excluded from possessing, administering, or prescribing those pharmaceutical agents listed in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., except hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral an
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-90-101
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17-90-401. State Board of Optometry — Powers and duties.
The State Board of Optometry shall have the following rights and responsibilities:
(1) To enforce, amend, or repeal the rules promulgated by the board;
(2)(A) To approve those optometrists who shall be authorized to possess, administer, and prescribe those drugs approved by this subchapter.
(B)(i) No optometrist shall be so approved until he or she has:
(a) Exhibited his or her qualifications by passing an examination prepared or approved by the board; and
(b) Served an internship program established by the board, supervised and certified by a board-certified ophthalmologist, which internship includes at least one hundred (100) hours of supervised clinical training in the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the human eye and adnexa.
(ii)(a) The examination shall include, but not be limited to, written questions designed to test knowledge of the proper use and characteristics of the drugs approved by the board.
(b) The examination shall be offered not less often than annually;
(3) To promulgate educational standards, which shall be used as prerequisites to authorization to use those drugs approved in this subchapter. Educational standards shall cover only the area of the proper use and characteristics of the drugs approved by the board and emergency first aid techniques;
(4) To approve, consistent with the rules promulgated by the board, those acts, services, procedures, and practices which may be performed by a licensed optometrist and, before authorization, by appropriate examination, establish the competence of every optometrist to perform the approved acts, services, procedures, and practices;
(5)(A) To prohibit any optometrist who is a graduate of a school or college of
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-90-401
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-90-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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5-64-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Administer” means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means to the body of a patient or research subject by:
(A) A practitioner; or
(B) The patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner;
(2)(A) “Agent” means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser.
(B) “Agent” does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the common or contract carrier or warehouseman;
(3)(A) “Anabolic steroid” means any drug or hormonal substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone, other than estrogens, progestin, and corticosteroid that promotes muscle growth.
(B)(i) “Anabolic steroid” does not include an anabolic steroid that is expressly intended for administration through an implant to cattle or another nonhuman species and that has been approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health for such administration.
(ii) If any person prescribes, dispenses, or distributes a steroid described in subdivision (3)(B)(i) of this section for human use, the person is considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed an anabolic steroid within the meaning of this subdivision (3);
(4) “Controlled substance” means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through VI;
(5)(A) “Counterfeit substance” means a noncontrolled substance, that by overall dosage unit appearance including color, shape, size, markings, packaging, labeling, and overall appearance or upon the basis of representations made to the recipient, purports to be a controlled substance or to have the physical or psychol
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-64-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-64-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.