1. A. The Board shall review complaints against optometrists relating to ocular therapeutics, management of primary open angle glaucoma, removal of superficial foreign bodies, and other aspects of practice by a therapeutically certified optometrist.
2. B. The Board's procedures for handling complaints are governed by Health Occupations Article, Title 11, Annotated Code of Maryland, COMAR 10.28.04, and State Government Article, §§10-201—10-227, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§11-101, 11-205, 11-302—11-309, 11-401.1, 11-404, and 11-404.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.08 adopted as an emergency provision effective May 17, 1996 (23:12 Md. R. 867); adopted permanently effective October 21, 1996 (23:21 Md. R. 1467)

Regulation .01B amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1591)

Regulations .02 amended as an emergency provision effective December 7, 2001 (28:26 Md. R. 2270); amended permanently effective March 4, 2002 (29:4 Md. R. 417)

Regulation .02 amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1591); May 20, 2019 (46:10 Md. R. 488)

Regulations .06 amended effective October 15, 2001 (28:20 Md. R. 1783)

Regulation .06A, C amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1591)

Regulations .08 repealed effective October 15, 2001 (28:20 Md. R. 1783)

Chapter revised effective November 15, 2021 (48:23 Md. R. 980)

Regulation .02 amended effective July 7, 2025 (52:13 Md. R. 656)