include the examination for, and adapting and fitting of, any
and all kinds and types of lenses including contact lenses.
[(2) The administration and prescription of legend and
nonlegend drugs as approved by the Secretary of Health as
provided in section 4.3 for treatment of the eye, the
eyelids, the lacrimal system and the conjunctiva and the
removal of superficial foreign bodies from the ocular surface
and adnexa so long as treatment of diseases or conditions of
the visual system, other than glaucoma, as authorized under
this paragraph shall not continue beyond six weeks from the
initiation of treatment unless the prescribing optometrist
documents consultation with a licensed physician. As used in
this paragraph, the initiation of treatment may, but need
not, include the prescription or administration of
pharmaceutical agents for therapeutic purposes.
(3) The term shall not include:
(i) surgery, including, but not limited to, laser
surgery; the use of lasers for therapeutic purposes; and
the use of injections in the treatment of ocular disease;
(ii) the use of Schedule I and Schedule II
controlled substances;
(iii) treatment of systemic disease; and
(iv) the treatment of glaucoma, except that
optometrists may use all topical pharmaceutical agents in
the treatment of primary open angle glaucoma, exfoliation
glaucoma and pigmentary glaucoma.]
(4) The administration and prescription of all legend
and nonlegend drugs approved by the Commonwealth for the
treatment of ocular conditions. The term shall include the
use of nonopioid analgesic and all legend and nonlegend drugs
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