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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"Optometrist." Any person who, following formal and
recognized training in the art and science of optometry has
received a doctor of optometry degree from an accredited
institution and is qualified to seek or has acquired a license
to practice the profession of optometry. An optometrist shall be
identified either by "Doctor of Optometry," ["O.D.," or "Dr."
followed by "Optometrist."] "O.D." or "Doctor."
"Practice of optometry."
(1) The use of any and all means or methods for the
examination, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all
conditions [of] affecting 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.],
including all conditions of the human eye and adnexa
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