professional competence. The term shall encompass the use of
pharmaceutical agents approved by the Food and Drug
Administration and published in the Code of Federal Regulations
for diagnostic purposes [classified as], including miotics,
mydriatics, cycloplegics, topical anesthetics and dyes when
applied topically to the eye, [which pharmaceutical agents shall
be approved by the Secretary of Health as provided in section
4.3 and,] subject to the rules and regulations of the board,
provided however that with respect to optometrists licensed
before March 1, 1974, only such optometrists who have
satisfactorily completed a course in pharmacology as it applies
to optometry, with particular emphasis on the topical
application of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents to the eye,
approved by the board shall be permitted to use diagnostic
pharmaceutical agents topically in the practice of optometry.
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"Practice of optometry."
(1) The use of any and all means or methods for the
examination, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all
conditions of the human visual system [and shall include the
examination for, and adapting and fitting of, any and all
kinds and types of lenses including contact lenses]. The term
shall include:
(i) The examination for, and adapting and fitting
of, any and all kinds and types of lenses, including
contact lenses.
(ii) The administration and prescription of all
legend and nonlegend drugs approved by the board in
section 4.3 for the treatment of diseases and conditions
affecting the eye and adnexa, including codeine and
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