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V.I. Code tit. 27, § 148 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 148. Expiration of license; annual renewal; fee; revocation or suspension

 (a) All licenses issued under the provisions of this subchapter, except temporary licenses, shall expire on December 31 next following the date of issuance of the same. Licenses shall be renewed annually as a condition to further practice. Renewal shall be accomplished by payment to the Commissioner of Health of a fee of $80.00 between December 1 and December 31 next preceding the year of renewal. (b) The Commissioner of Health, upon recommendation of the Board, and subject to appeal to the Governor, may revoke or suspend the license to practice issued to any person under this subchapter who, after due notice and hearing by the Board, is found to be guilty of any unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, including habitual drunkenness or excessive use of narcotics, gross carelessness, manifest incapacity or the violation of any provisions of this subchapter or of any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 149 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 149. Temporary licenses; Government employees; applicant for examination; applicant for reciprocal license; fees

 (a) Upon recommendation of the Board, the Commissioner of Health may issue a temporary license to a person in the employment of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the performance of his official duties, or to an applicant for examination for work under the supervision of a pharmacist, such temporary license in any case to be for a period not more than up to and including the date of announcement of the results of the next regular examination for which he is eligible; Provided, That if the person fails the examination such temporary license may be extended, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Health, upon the recommendation of the Board, to the date of announcement of result of the next examination. (b) Upon recommendation of the Board, the Commissioner of Health may issue a temporary license for work under the supervision of a pharmacist to an applicant for license on the basis of reciprocity who meets all the qualifications except residence, for such period of time as is necessary to meet the residence requirement. (c) A fee of $5 shall be required for a temporary license except in the case of persons receiving the same by virtue of employment by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 150 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 150. Exemption of Federal officials

 The provisions of this subchapter, insofar as they relate to examination and registration of practitioners, shall not apply to duly commissioned or appointed practitioners in the service of the United States Government with respect to the performance of any official duties.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 152 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 152. Expiration of license; fee

 A license for the operation of a pharmacy shall be valid until the 31st day of December following issuance and, except as otherwise provided for herein, shall carry the same rights and responsibilities as licenses issued under chapter 9 of this title. The fee for a pharmacy license, payable annually, shall be $100.00.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 153 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 153. Pharmacist in charge; temporary absence

 Every pharmacy shall at all times when open be under the constant, direct and personal supervision and management of a pharmacist who shall have personal supervision of not more than one pharmacy at the same time; Provided, however, a person licensed as an “assistant pharmacist” under the laws of the Virgin Islands may lawfully be left in charge of a pharmacy only during the temporary absence of the pharmacist. For the purposes of this section, “temporary absence” means only an unavoidable absence which may occur during a day's work not to exceed two hours in any 24 hours and when the pharmacist in charge is within immediate call, ready and able to assume the direct supervision of the pharmacy.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 153b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 153b. Pharmacist-administered testing

 A pharmacy providing appropriate tests, as defined in section 141, shall: (1) comply with United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations regarding good laboratory practice for CLIA - waived facilities and applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations; and (2) provide a copy of its current CLIA certificate issued by the CMS to the Department of Health and Board of Pharmacy.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 154 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 154. Powers and duties of the Board

 In addition to any other powers and duties that may be provided for by law, the Board shall administer the provisions of this subchapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, and without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, shall have the power and duty to— (1) adopt an official seal; (2) employ counsel, subpoena witnesses, and administer oaths; (3) submit to the Governor, through the Commissioner of Health, annual reports containing a summary of its works, and any other data which the Governor or Commissioner of Health may request; (4) keep records of its proceedings; (5) recommended the issuance, suspension, revocation or reinstatement of licenses under this subchapter; (6) inspect drugs, packaged, compounded, sold, or kept for sale in the Virgin Islands and for this purpose it may, during reasonable hours, through any duly authorized member or other representative, enter and inspect any pharmacy or premises in the Virgin Islands, where drugs are packaged, compounded, sold or kept for sale; (7) investigate any violation or suspected violation of this subchapter or of any rules and regulations duly prescribed by the Board; (8) adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and in accordance with generally accepted pharmacy standards, relating to the organization and operation of the Board, and the licensing and registration of practitioners and pharmacies under this subchapter, upon finding that such are necessary for the furtherance of the provisions of this subchapter, which rules, regulations, or bylaws, when approved by the Governor shall be deemed to be a part of and of the same effect as this subchapter; (9) meet, within and without the Virgin Islands with other boards of pharmacy, or their representatives for the purpose of reciprocal exchange and being advised regarding the progress of pharmacy throughout the country.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 155 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VI - Pharmacy|§ 155. Penalties

 Whoever— (1) engages in the practice of pharmacy as covered by this subchapter or operates, maintains, opens, changes location or establishes any pharmacy without having first obtained the license prescribed herein, or (2) being the proprietor or manager of a pharmacy, fails or neglects to place a pharmacist in charge thereof, or (3) otherwise wilfully violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or of any rules or regulations issued hereunder shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161a. Unlawful practice of optometry

 It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice optometry in the Virgin Islands, or to use any title, abbreviation, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is practicing optometry, except as provided in this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161b. License required

 (a) Any person desiring to practice optometry in the Virgin Islands shall first obtain a license to do so in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) A license issued pursuant to this subchapter for the practice of optometry shall be issued for a period of two years.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161c. Powers and duties of Board of Optometrical Examiners

 The Board of Optometrical Examiners, as established under the provisions of section 415, Title 3 of this code, shall have the power and duty to— (1) recommend the issuance, suspension, revocation or reinstatement of licenses under this subchapter; and (2) adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and in accordance with generally accepted standards of optometry, relating to the organization and operation of the Board, and the licensing and registration of optometrists under this subchapter, upon finding that such are necessary for the furtherance of the provisions of this subchapter, which rules, regulations or bylaws, when approved by the Governor, shall be deemed to be a part of and of the same effect as this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161d. Application for license; qualifications

 (a) Applications for license shall be sent to the Board and shall be accompanied by the prescribed examination fee and by satisfactory proof that the applicant— (1) is twenty-one years of age or over (birth certificate or similar evidence thereof); (2) is of good moral character as shown by at least two letters from qualified physicians or optometrists in the State from where he comes; (3) is not addicted to intemperate use of alcoholic stimulants or narcotic drugs; and (4) is a graduate of a school or college of optometry approved by the Board of Optometrical Examiners. (b) This section shall not be construed to exclude any bona fide research worker whether an alien or a citizen who does not practice for a fee and such worker shall not be required to pay the usual license fee nor to submit to an examination.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161e. Examinations

 (a) The Board shall hold regular examinations twice a year in the Virgin Islands on the second Wednesday of June and November for admission to practice optometry. The examination shall cover all subjects as the Board prescribes; which, in accordance with accepted optometrical standards, are adequate and sufficient for proper evaluation of an applicant's qualifications to practice optometry under this subchapter. (b) Candidates for admission to practice shall be required to attain a general average of 75 percent on the subjects examined on.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161f. Reciprocity

 The Board may, under regulations or provisions of its bylaws, admit without examination legally qualified optometrists who hold certificates to practice optometry in any State which has educational requirements equal to those of the Virgin Islands and which extends like privileges to legally qualified optometrists from the Virgin Islands, upon the applicant paying the license certificate fee required under this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161g (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161g. Fees for examination and license certificate

 Fees for examination and license certificates shall be as follows:  ExaminationLicenseCertificateOptometrists____$50.00$5.00 All fees shall be paid in accordance with regulations issued by the Board or incorporated in its bylaws. Any person, upon showing of proper justification, or who fails to pass the required examination, shall be admitted to one re-examination without payment of further fee, provided that the fee paid in advance for the proper examination shall not be returned to the applicant.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161h (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161h. Issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Health; temporary licenses

 The Board shall report its recommendations with respect to all applications to practice, including the results of all examinations, where such are required, to the Commissioner of Health who upon due consideration that all requirements have been met shall issue licenses to each qualifying applicant. On the recommendation of the Board, the Commissioner of Health may issue temporary licenses to persons in the employ of the Government not to exceed six months, and for which no fee shall be required.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161i (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161i. Privileges not conferred by license

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as conferring, on the holder of any license hereunder for the practice of optometry, the title of doctor, oculist, ophthalmologist, or any word or abbreviation indicating that he is engaged in the practice of medicine or surgery, or the treatment or diagnosis of diseases of or injuries to the human eye, or the right to use drugs or medicines in any form for the treatment or examination of the human eye. The title “Doctor” or the abbreviation “Dr.” shall not be used before the name of any registered optometrist without the word “optometrist” following the name.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161j (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161j. Registration of licenses; annual fees, revocation or suspension

 (a) Every person who obtains a license under the provisions of this subchapter, shall, within 30 days after issuance, register the license in the office of the Commissioner of Health. Thereafter such license shall be annually registered as a condition to further practice upon payment at the office of the Commissioner of Health of a fee of $100.00. (b) The Commissioner of Health, upon recommendation of the Board, and subject to appeal to the Governor, may revoke or suspend the license to practice issued to any person under this subchapter who, after due notice and hearing by the Board, is found to be guilty of any unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, including habitual drunkenness, excessive use of narcotics, or the soliciting of patronage by agents.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161k (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161k. Exemption from subchapter

 (a) The provisions of this subchapter, insofar as they relate to examinations and registrations of optometrists, shall not apply to duly commissioned or appointed optometrists in the service of the United States Government with respect to the performance of any official duties. (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the physicians or surgeons practicing in the Virgin Islands in accordance with the laws of the Virgin Islands, or to any person selling spectacles or eye glasses but who does not assume, directly or indirectly, to adapt them to the eye, nor who neither practices or professes to practice optometry.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161l (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161l. Construction of chapter; penalty for practice without a license

 (a) No person shall engage in the practice of optometry in this territory unless such person has first obtained a license from the Department Health, but the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent a licensed optometrist from delegating optometric services to either a trained optometric assistant or to an optometric technician. Such delegated services shall be performed only under the supervision, control, and responsibility of the licensed optometrist, except that optometric assistants or optometric technicians shall not be authorized to refract eyes, detect eye health or prescribe spectacles, eyeglasses or contact lenses. (b) Any person in violation of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both, for each offense. For purposes of this section each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section. (c) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Optometric assistant” means a person who has either completed two hundred hours of on-the-job training, an affidavit in support of which shall be kept by the employing optometrist on the premises, or graduated from a vocational program in optometric technicianry; (2) “Optometric assistant trainee” means a person who has completed less than two hundred hours of on-the-job training and who is under the direct supervision, control and responsibility of an employing, licensed optometrist when performing optometric services which may be delegated to optometric assistants and to optometric technicians; (3) “Optometric technician” means a person who has either completed a two-year college program in optometric technicianry, or passed the national optometric technician registration examination given by The American Optometric Association; and (4) “Appropriately trained person” means a person who has completed on-the-job training in the use and application of ocular agents under the supervision, control and responsibility of an employing, licensed optometrist, an affidavit in support of which shall be kept by the employing optometrist on the premises.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 161m (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VII - Optometry|§ 161m. Continuing education requirements for annual license renewal

 (a) Every optometrist actively engaged in the practice of optometry in the Virgin Islands, shall submit satisfactory proof that he has attended, during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of registration, at least twelve (12) clock hours of continuing education (each year) as a prerequisite for the renewal of his license. The board shall designate the courses of study which will be recognized and the method certifying satisfactory completion of said course to the board. (b) Those optometrists who, because of illness or other extraordinary situations are unable to comply with regulation, may make application to the state board, and the board, in its discretion, may relieve the applicant from complying for such time and under such circumstances as the board deems proper. (c) The board will, from time to time, (at least once every two years) issue and or revise the designated courses of study which it recognizes as acceptable. Any request for board approval of a specific educational program for recognition by the board, must be submitted in a timely manner with due regard for the necessity of investigation and consideration by the board. (d) Evidence of completion of acceptable course is the responsibility of the optometrist. A signed certificate by the person or institution responsible for the course will be required as evidence of course completion. (e) Failure to comply with the above regulation by January 1st of each year, will be considered by the board a reason for nonrenewal of license.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 165a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter VIII - Physical Therapy|§ 165a. License required

 (a) All physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who practice physical therapy in the Virgin Islands are required to have a license in compliance with the terms of this subchapter. (b) A physical therapist licensed under this subchapter may perform physical therapy services without a prescription or physician referral under the following conditions: (1) The physical therapist shall refer a client to appropriate health care practitioners if the physical therapist has reasonable cause to believe symptoms or conditions are present that require services beyond the scope of practice, or if the patient is not progressing toward documented treatment goals as demonstrated by objective, measurable, or functional improvement. (2) The physical therapist may not continue treating the patient beyond 45 calendar days or 12 visits, whichever occurs first, without receiving, a dated signature on the physical therapist’s plan of care from the patient’s physician, surgeon, or podiatrist indicating approval of the physical therapist’s plan of care. Approval of the physical therapist’s plan of care must include an in-person patient examination and evaluation of the patient’s condition and, if indicated, testing by the physician, podiatrist, chiropractor, nurse practitioner, physician assistant and dentists. (3) The physical therapist shall provide notice to the patient, orally and in writing, in at least 14-point type and signed by the patient indicating they are receiving direct physical therapy treatment services and may continue to receive direct physical therapy treatment services for a period of up to 45 calendar days or 12 visits, whichever occurs first, after which time a physical therapist may continue providing the patient with physical therapy treatment services only after receiving, a date signature on the physical therapist’s plan of care indicating approval of the physical therapist’s plan of care and that an in-person patient examination and evaluation was conducted by the physician and surgeon or podiatrist. (c) A physical therapist’s failure to refer, as required by subsection (b) paragraph (1)(A), a patient to another qualified professional when the patient’s condition is beyond the physical therapist’s training subjects the physical therapist to disciplinary action under section 165k.