1. (a) This subpart will expire when all Arkansas TPA-certified optometrists have successfully met the requirements to become an optometrist certified as an optometric physician.
2. (b) The State Board of Optometry shall have the right and responsibility to approve those optometrists who shall be authorized to possess, administer, and prescribe pharmaceutical agents approved pursuant to Acts 1987, No. 101.
3. (c) The board shall have the right and responsibility to promulgate educational standards as prerequisites to authorization for use of pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Acts 1987, No. 101.
4. (d) The following educational standards are the prerequisites required by the board to possess, administer, and prescribe pharmaceutical agents pursuant to Acts 1987, No. 101.

Codification Notes: “TPA” means therapeutic pharmaceutical agent.