Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. § 11-208
Examination requirements
Effective Oct 1, 1992Added as Health Occupations § 10-207.1 by Acts 1982, c. 350, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 11-208 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 122, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992.State of Maryland
(a) A licensed optometrist shall perform a minimum optometric examination which shall include:
- (1) Reviewing a patient's history, past prescriptions and specifications when available;
- (2) Visual analysis;
- (3) Ophthalmoscopy of internal eye;
- (4) Tonometry without anesthetic when indicated or for a patient over 40 years of age;
- (5) Muscle balance examination;
- (6) Writing of lens formula and other prescription data when needed as well as specific instructions for future care; and
- (7) Subsequent progress evaluation when indicated.
- (b) A licensed optometrist shall maintain thorough records of all testing procedures, results, and case dispositions in accordance with § 4-403 of the Health-General Article.
- (c) A licensed optometrist shall have on hand all instrumentation and equipment, in good working condition, required to carry out the procedures for the minimum examination under this section.
Added as Health Occupations § 10-207.1 by Acts 1982, c. 350, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 11-208 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 122, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992.