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MS Code § 73-19-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|General Provisions|§ 73-19-41. Hearing on formal complaint; decision

  The board shall fix a time and place for any formal complaint hearing and shall cause a written notice specifying the offense or offenses for which the licensee is charged and notice of the time and place of the hearing to be served upon the licensee at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing date. Such notice may be served by mailing a copy thereof by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the last known residence or business address of the licensee.   The board is hereby authorized and empowered to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers at such hearing. Process issued by the board shall extend to all parts of the state and shall be served by any person designated by the board for such service.   The accused shall have the right to appear either personally or by counsel or both to produce witnesses or evidence in his behalf, to cross-examine witnesses and to have subpoenas issued by the board.   At the hearing, the board shall administer oaths as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the hearing. All hearings shall be conducted by the board, with the exception of the investigating board member who shall not participate in the hearing. The board shall not be bound by strict rules of procedure or by the laws of evidence in the conduct of its proceedings, but the determination shall be based upon sufficient evidence to sustain it. All proceedings shall be transcribed by a court reporter.   Where, in any proceeding before the board, any witness fails or refuses to attend upon a subpoena issued by the board, refuses to testify, or refuses to produce any books and papers the production of which is called for by a subpoena, the attendance of such witness, the giving of his testimony or the production of the books and papers shall be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction of this state in the manner provided for the enforcement of attendance and testimony of witnesses in civil cases in the courts of this state.   The board shall, within sixty (60) days after conclusion of the hearing, reduce its decision to writing and forward an attested true copy thereof to the last known residence or business address of such licensee by way of United States first class, certified mail, postage prepaid.
MS Code § 73-19-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|General Provisions|§ 73-19-45. Appeal of final action of board

  The right to appeal from a final action of the board is hereby granted. Such appeal shall be to the chancery court of the county of residence of the licensee and shall be on the record made, including a verbatim transcript of the testimony at the hearing. The appeal shall be taken within thirty (30) days after notice of the action of the board. The appeal shall be perfected upon filing notice of the appeal with the chancery court and by the prepayment of all costs, including the cost of the preparation of the record of the proceedings by the board, and the filing of a bond in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), conditioned that if the action of the board be affirmed by the chancery court, the licensee will pay the costs of the appeal and the action in the chancery court. A copy of the Notice of Appeal shall be served upon board counsel.   If there is an appeal, such appeal may, in the discretion of and on motion to the chancery court, act as a supersedeas. The chancery court shall dispose of the appeal and enter its decision promptly. The hearing on the appeal may, in the discretion of the chancellor, be tried in vacation. The scope of review of the chancery court shall be limited to a review of the record made before the board to determine if the action of the board is unlawful for the reason that it was (a) not supported by substantial evidence, (b) arbitrary or capricious, (c) beyond the power of the board to make, or (d) in violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the appellant. The decision of the chancery court may be appealed to the Supreme Court in the manner provided by the rules of the Supreme Court.   Actions taken by the board in suspending a license when required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 are not actions from which an appeal may be taken under this section. Any appeal of a license suspension that is required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 shall be taken in accordance with the appeal procedure specified in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, rather than the procedure specified in this section.
MS Code § 73-19-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Contact Lenses|§ 73-19-61. Persons authorized to dispense, fit, or prescribe contact lenses or other appliances touching cornea

 It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, corporation, proprietorship, partnership, or any entity other than a licensed optometrist or licensed ophthalmologist to dispense, fit, or prescribe to the public contact lenses, including FDA-approved medicated contact lenses, or any medical appliance having direct contact with the cornea of the eye. An optical dispenser may, however, fill the written contact lens prescription of a licensed optometrist or licensed ophthalmologist, provided that the optical dispenser directs the wearer of the lenses back to the prescribing optometrist or ophthalmologist for verification of the proper fit of the lenses. This section does not authorize a licensed optometrist to prescribe, fit, sell or dispense contact lenses medicated with a drug that is outside of the licensed optometrist's scope of practice.
MS Code § 73-19-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Contact Lenses|§ 73-19-63. Penalties

 Any person violating the provisions of Section 73-19-61 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) and/or imprisoned not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year at the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 73-19-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Contact Lenses|§ 73-19-65. Immunity from liability for persons assisting with investigation or prosecution

 Any person, organization or entity acting in good faith and without malice, who makes any report or provides any information to any law enforcement agency regarding any violation of Section 73-19-61 or who assists in the investigation or prosecution of any violation of Section 73-19-61 shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for such acts.
MS Code § 73-19-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-101. Use of pharmaceutical agents

 No person engaged in the practice of optometry in the State of Mississippi shall use pharmaceutical agents in the practice of optometry unless he has been certified to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents under the provisions of Sections 73-19-103 through 73-19-109, or unless he has been certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under the provisions of Sections 73-19-153 through 73-19-165.
MS Code § 73-19-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-103. Duties of state boards of optometry, medical licensure and pharmacy; records

  The State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy each shall, within thirty (30) days after July 1, 1982, and annually thereafter, designate one (1) member from its board, on the minutes of each respective board, to advise and consult with the State Board of Optometry on the matters specified in Sections 73-19-103 through 73-19-109. The State Board of Optometry, the State Board of Medical Licensure, and the State Board of Pharmacy shall work in cooperation with each other to the greatest extent possible in implementing the provisions of Sections 73-19-101 through 73-19-111.   The State Board of Optometry, with the advice and consultation of the designated members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy, shall prescribe additional educational requirements and additional theoretical and practical examinations for optometrists licensed to practice optometry in the State of Mississippi and applicants for a license to practice optometry in the State of Mississippi to become certified to use certain specified pharmaceutical agents as diagnostic agents only. The authorized use of such diagnostic pharmaceutical agents shall be specifically limited to those pharmaceutical agents which, when applied topically to the eye, are utilized in a prescribed manner to assess ocular conditions for the purpose of referring any deviation from the normal to a physician for treatment. The pharmaceutical agents so authorized shall be limited to the following classes: anesthetics, mydriatics, cycloplegics, dyes and over-the-counter drugs. Such agents shall be utilized in the practice of optometry only by the optometrist and shall not be dispensed to any patient. The limitations of this subsection shall not apply to those optometrists certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under the provisions of Sections 73-19-153 through 73-19-165.   Any optometrist utilizing a diagnostic pharmaceutical agent so authorized shall maintain accurate and current medical records concerning the procurement and use of such pharmaceutical agents in the same form and manner as is required for physicians, in addition to any records required to be kept or otherwise necessary to keep in the practice of optometry. All of the medical records concerning the procurement and use of such pharmaceutical agents shall be available for inspection at any time by representatives of the State Board of Optometry, and all such records shall be made available for inspection to the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy through their designated members.
MS Code § 73-19-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-105. Educational requirements; examination

  Before any optometrist or any applicant for a license to practice optometry may be certified to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents as authorized in Section 73-19-103, he shall submit satisfactory evidence to the State Board of Optometry that he has successfully completed a course or courses in pharmacology as they apply to optometry, with particular emphasis on the topical application of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents to the eye, and any additional educational requirements prescribed by the State Board of Optometry with the advice and consultation of the designated members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy. Such course or courses in pharmacology and any additional educational requirements prescribed shall be completed at an institution accredited by a regional professional accreditation organization that is recognized or approved by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation or the United States Department of Education or its successors and approved by the State Board of Optometry with the advice and consultation of the designated members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy.   Upon the successful completion of all specified educational requirements, any optometrist or any applicant for a license to practice optometry who desires certification to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents as authorized in Section 73-19-103 shall satisfactorily pass an examination administered by the State Board of Optometry. Such examination shall be prepared by the State Board of Optometry with the advice and consultation of the designated members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy. No credit for such examination may be given unless the applicant for certification has achieved a score equal to or greater than a score which is generally accepted in medical schools as a passing score for the same subject areas of the examination, as determined by the State Board of Optometry. All examinations and scores shall be made available for inspection to the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy through their designated members.   The additional educational requirements necessary to become certified to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents may be completed simultaneously with the educational requirements necessary to become licensed to practice optometry or may be completed after the person is licensed to practice optometry. Any applicant for a license to practice optometry who has met the additional educational requirements for certification to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents may take the examination to become licensed to practice optometry and the examination to become certified to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents at the same time.
MS Code § 73-19-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-107. Referral of patient to licensed physician

 Any optometrist who encounters a patient in the course of his practice who is, in the exercise of the optometrist's professional judgment, suffering from any symptom or combination of symptoms indicating an underlying pathologic or physiologic disorder or disfunction necessitating care and treatment beyond the scope of the optometrist's professional limitations, shall immediately refer such patient to a licensed physician for such additional treatment as may be needed.
MS Code § 73-19-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-109. Pharmacist dispensing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents

 Any pharmacist licensed under the laws of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to dispense those diagnostic pharmaceutical agents specified in Section 73-19-103 to any optometrist certified by the State Board of Optometry to use such agents.
MS Code § 73-19-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-111. Penalty for violating provisions regulating use of pharmaceutical agents

  Any optometrist violating any provision of Sections 73-19-101 through 73-19-109 shall, upon conviction for a first offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) at the discretion of the court, and upon conviction for a second or later offense shall be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year at the discretion of the court. Such actions shall be brought by the State Board of Optometry. However, this shall not be construed to prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure, the State Board of Pharmacy, or any affected individual from bringing actions against any optometrist violating any provision of Sections 73-19-101 through 73-19-109.   In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (1), the State Board of Optometry is authorized to suspend or revoke the optometrist's license to practice optometry for violating any provision of Sections 73-19-101 through 73-19-109. Any optometrist may appeal any such suspension or revocation of his license by the State Board of Optometry to the chancery court of the county of his residence in the manner prescribed by law.
MS Code § 73-19-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-151. Use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in practice of optometry

  Persons lawfully engaged in the practice of optometry in the State of Mississippi may prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in the practice of optometry after being authorized to use such agents under the provisions of Section 73-19-153.   The designated members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy provided for in Section 73-19-103 shall advise and consult with the State Board of Optometry on matters specified in Sections 73-19-153 through 73-19-165.
MS Code § 73-19-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-155. Rules and regulations requiring satisfactory completion of educational and clinical training

  Within thirty (30) days after July 1, 1994, and annually thereafter, the State Board of Optometry with the advice and consultation of the designated members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy, shall develop rules and regulations requiring the satisfactory completion of the educational requirements, clinical training, and examinations required under the provisions of Sections 73-19-153 through 73-19-165, regarding those optometrists seeking to become certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.   Any optometrist using therapeutic pharmaceutical agents shall maintain accurate and current medical records concerning the procurement and use of such agents in the same form and manner as required for medical doctors, in addition to any records required to be kept or otherwise necessary to keep in the practice of optometry. All of these medical records shall be available for inspection at any time by representatives of the State Board of Optometry, and all such records shall be made available for inspection to the State Board of Medical Licensure and the State Board of Pharmacy through their designated members.
MS Code § 73-19-157 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-157. Purposes for which therapeutic pharmaceutical agents may be used; types of agents that may be prescribed

 Any optometrist certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under Sections 73-19-153 through 73-19-165 is authorized to examine, diagnose, manage and treat visual defects, abnormal conditions and diseases of the human eye or eyelids, including:   Topical pharmaceutical agents;   Over-the-counter medications;   The administration and prescribing of all noninjectible medications listed in the current annual edition of the "Physicians Desk Reference for Ophthalmic Medicines" which are rational and appropriate for the examination, diagnosis, management or treatment of visual defects, abnormal conditions or diseases of the eye and/or eyelids for proper optometric practice;   The administration and prescribing of oral pharmaceutical agents to treat glaucoma; oral antibiotic medications; oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) medications; over-the-counter allergy medications; and oral medications to treat viral infections, all of which must be used solely for the rational and appropriate examination, diagnosis, management or treatment of visual defects, abnormal conditions of the eye and/or eyelids for proper optometric practice; and   The administration of an auto injection or epi-pen to counteract anaphylactic reaction, followed by immediate referral of the patient to the nearest emergency medical facility.
MS Code § 73-19-159 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-159. Standard of care in prescription and use of agents, and diagnosis and treatment

 Any optometrist who is certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents shall be held to the same standard of care in the prescription and use of such agents, and in diagnosis and treatment, as is common to a licensed medical doctor.
MS Code § 73-19-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-161. Referral of patient to licensed physician when patient not responding to treatment

 If a patient of any optometrist who is certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents is not responding to the prescribed treatment within the normal response time for the condition being treated, in the optometrist's professional judgment, the optometrist shall immediately refer such patient to a licensed physician for such additional treatment as may be needed.
MS Code § 73-19-163 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-163. Certificate of certification to be displayed

 Any optometrist who is certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents shall be provided by the State Board of Optometry a certificate reflecting such certification, and such certification shall be prominently displayed in the optometrist's office.
MS Code § 73-19-165 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 19 - Optometry and Optometrists|Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents|§ 73-19-165. Licensed pharmacist authorized to fill and dispense therapeutic pharmaceutical agents

 Any pharmacist licensed under the laws of the State of Mississippi is authorized to fill and dispense to patients those therapeutic pharmaceutical agents specified in Section 73-19-157 for any optometrist certified by the State Board of Optometry to use such agents.
MS Code § 73-21-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 21 - Pharmacists|Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act|§ 73-21-69. Repeal of Sections 73-21-71 through 73-21-129

 Sections 73-21-71 through 73-21-129, which create the State Board of Pharmacy and prescribe its duties and powers, shall stand repealed on July 1, 2020.
MS Code § 73-21-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 21 - Pharmacists|Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act|§ 73-21-71. Short title

 This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act."
MS Code § 73-21-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 21 - Pharmacists|Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act|§ 73-21-77. Organization of board; oath; meetings; compensation and expenses of members

  Each person appointed as a member of the board shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution for the state officers, and shall file certificate thereof in the Office of the Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after his appointment.   There shall be a president of the board and such other officers as deemed necessary by the board elected by and from its membership.   The board shall meet at least once each quarter to transact business, and may meet at such additional times as it may deem necessary. Such additional meetings may be called by the president of the board or a majority of the members of the board.   The place for each meeting shall be determined prior to giving notice of such meeting and shall not be changed after such notice is given without adequate subsequent notice.   A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of the meeting and all actions of the board shall be by a majority.   Each member of the board shall receive a per diem as provided in Section 25-3-69, not to exceed thirty (30) days in any one (1) period of twelve (12) months, for each day actually engaged in meetings of the board, together with necessary traveling and other expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41.