Wyo. Code R. 056-0001-1
Optometry, Board of Examiners in
Chapter 1: General
Effective Date: 01/18/2005 to 07/15/2005
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 056.0001.1.01182005
Section 1. Authority. These Rules and Regulations, including all chapters are adopted and promulgated by the Wyoming Board of Examiners in Optometry pursuant to its authority under W.S. 33-23-101 et seq. and pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act W.S. 16-3-101 et seq.
Section 2. Statement of Purpose. The Board of Examiners in Optometry adopts rules and regulations to interpret and implement the Act, provide for administration of the Act, provide for the licensure of optometrists and regulate the qualification standards of education and performance required for licensure and licensure renewal, provide for enforcement and penalties, and set fees.
Section 3. Severability. If any provision of these regulations or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is ruled invalid, such invalidity shall not affect those other provisions or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of these regulations are declared to be severable.
Section 4. Definitions. All definitions set forth in the Act are incorporated into these Rules in addition to the following:
(a) "Act" means W.S. 33-23-101 through 33-23-117. (b) "Board" means the Wyoming Board of Examiners in Optometry. (c) "State" means the State of Wyoming. (d) "Licensee" means an optometrist who has been properly licensed to practice optometry in the State of Wyoming by the Board pursuant to the Act and these Rules. (e) "Permissible removal of foreign bodies" means removal of superficial ocular foreign bodies not penetrating the intraocular spaces or tissues. (f) "Pharmaceutical Agents" means those FDA approved pharmaceutical agents that are rational to the practice of optometry. (g) "Surgery" as prohibited in W.S. 33-23-101 shall mean the penetration by manual operation into the intraocular tissues or spaces for healing diseases, deformations, or injuries. (h) "Steerer" means anyone who in any manner directs a person to a place where he/she is to be swindled. (i) "Capper" means anyone who acts as a decoy or lure for the purpose of swindling.
(j) 'Incompetence' means an act or omission which presents a danger to an individual's life, health, or safety and is likely to cause death or injury.
(k) 'Swindle' means to cheat or defraud.
(a) The Board shall meet at least once (1) annually at a date, place and time established by the President with special meetings held as requested by the President or by a majority of the members.
(b) The Board shall elect annually from its membership a president, vice-president and secretary/treasurer.
(c) Notice of Board meetings shall be given to any person who requests such notice as specified by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting and the business to be transacted.
(d) All meetings shall be open to the public; the Board may conduct executive sessions in accordance with W.S. 16-4-404(a). In addition, the Board may hold closed sessions:
(i) To approve and review examinations;
(ii) Upon the request of an applicant who has failed the examination, in order to respond to the reasons for applicant's failure; or
(iii) To consider allegations or investigations of possible violations of the Act or any of these Rules.
(e) A majority of the Board members constitutes a quorum for conducting a Board meeting. The act of the majority of members present at a meeting, which includes a quorum, shall be the act of the Board.
(f) A written record shall be kept of all meetings and such records shall be retained as the permanent record of the transactions of the Board.