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MA Gen L ch 112 § 64 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 64 - Review by Supreme Judicial Court of Suspension, Revocation or Cancellation Order; Decree; Standards of Review by Other Courts

Section 64. The supreme judicial court, upon petition of a person whose certificate, registration, license or authority has been suspended, revoked or cancelled, may enter a decree revising or reversing the decision of the board, in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (7) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A; but prior to the entry of such decree no order shall be made or entered by the court to stay or supersede any suspension, revocation or cancellation of any such certificate, registration, license or authority. Where a statute provides that a court other than the supreme judicial court may review a board's action, such review shall be conducted in accordance with the standards of review provided in paragraphs (3) to (7), inclusive, of said section 14 of said chapter 30A.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 65a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 65a - Unlicensed Practice of Trade or Profession for Which License Is Required; Penalties

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 65A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each board of registration under the supervision of the division of professional licensure and each board of registration under the supervision of the department of public health may, after a consent agreement between the parties or after an opportunity for an adjudicatory proceeding held pursuant to chapter 30A, assess and collect a civil administrative penalty not to exceed $1,000 for the first violation and a civil administrative penalty not to exceed $2,500 for a second or subsequent violation upon a person who, without holding the required license, certificate, registration or authority, engages in the practice of a trade or profession for which a license, certificate, registration or authority is required. Nothing in this section shall affect, restrict, diminish or limit any other penalty or remedy provided by law. A board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the unlicensed practice of a trade or profession or for an order for payment of an assessed penalty or for such other relief as may be appropriate to enforce this section. Chapter 112: Section 65A. Unlicensed practice of trade or profession for which license is required; penalties [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 53 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 65A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each board of registration under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure and each board of registration under the supervision of the department of public health may, after a consent agreement between the parties or after an opportunity for an adjudicatory proceeding held pursuant to chapter 30A, assess and collect a civil administrative penalty not to exceed $1,000 for the first violation and a civil administrative penalty not to exceed $2,500 for a second or subsequent violation upon a person who, without holding the required license, certificate, registration or authority, engages in the practice of a trade or profession for which a license, certificate, registration or authority is required. Nothing in this section shall affect, restrict, diminish or limit any other penalty or remedy provided by law. A board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the unlicensed practice of a trade or profession or for an order for payment of an assessed penalty or for such other relief as may be appropriate to enforce this section.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 65c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 65c - Investigative Conference Meetings; Access to Meeting Records

Section 65C. Meetings of the boards held for the purpose of conducting investigative conferences prior to the issuance of an order to show cause or for purposes of discussing the terms of a negotiated settlement of a complaint against a licensee shall not be considered open meetings within the meaning of section 11A.5 of chapter 30A, but a licensee shall have access to records of any meetings concerning the licensee as may be necessary for the defense of his license at an adjudicatory proceeding.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 65d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 65d - Assessed Penalties; Allocation of Funds

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 65D. Twenty per cent of all civil administrative penalties assessed by boards under the supervision of the division of professional licensure pursuant to sections 61 and 65 to 65D, inclusive, shall be deposited in the Division of Professional Licensure Trust Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 35V of chapter 10 and the remaining 80 per cent shall be deposited in the General Fund. Twenty per cent of all civil administrative penalties assessed by boards under the supervision of the department of public health pursuant to sections 65 and 65A of this chapter shall be deposited in the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 35X of said chapter 10 and the remaining 80 per cent shall be deposited in the General Fund. Chapter 112: Section 65D. Assessed penalties; allocation of funds [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Secs. 55 and 56 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 65D. Twenty per cent of all civil administrative penalties assessed by boards under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure pursuant to sections 61 and 65 to 65D, inclusive, shall be deposited in the Division of Occupational Licensure Trust Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 35V of chapter 10 and the remaining 80 per cent shall be deposited in the General Fund. Twenty per cent of all civil administrative penalties assessed by boards under the supervision of the department of public health pursuant to sections 65 and 65A of this chapter shall be deposited in the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 35X of said chapter 10 and the remaining 80 per cent shall be deposited in the General Fund.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 65e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 65e - Reporting of Action Against Individual Practicing a Trade or Profession on Suspended, Revoked or Cancelled License to Attorney General

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 65E. Each board of registration under the supervision of the division of professional licensure and each board of registration under the supervision of the department of public health which takes any action against an individual who practices a trade or profession at a time when his license, certificate, registration or authority to do so is not valid because it has been suspended, revoked or cancelled by the board of registration that issued the license, certificate, registration or authority shall report the individual to the attorney general of the commonwealth for review. Chapter 112: Section 65E. Reporting of action against individual practicing a trade or profession on suspended, revoked or cancelled license to attorney general [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 57 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 65E. Each board of registration under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure and each board of registration under the supervision of the department of public health which takes any action against an individual who practices a trade or profession at a time when his license, certificate, registration or authority to do so is not valid because it has been suspended, revoked or cancelled by the board of registration that issued the license, certificate, registration or authority shall report the individual to the attorney general of the commonwealth for review.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 65f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 65f - Fee for Reinstating Lapsed or Expired License Issued by a Board of Registration Under the Supervision of the Division of Professional Licensure

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 65F. Notwithstanding any general law or special law to the contrary, the fee for reinstating a lapsed or expired license issued by a board of registration under the supervision of the division of professional licensure shall be not more than the cost of the current renewal fee for 2 missed renewal cycles. The fee for reinstatement shall be in addition to any applicable late fee. Chapter 112: Section 65F. Fee for reinstating lapsed or expired license issued by a board of registration under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 58 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 65F. Notwithstanding any general law or special law to the contrary, the fee for reinstating a lapsed or expired license issued by a board of registration under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure shall be not more than the cost of the current renewal fee for 2 missed renewal cycles. The fee for reinstatement shall be in addition to any applicable late fee.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 66 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 66 - Practice of Optometry; Definition

Section 66. As used in this chapter, ''practice of optometry'' shall mean the diagnosis, prevention, correction, management or treatment of optical deficiencies, optical deformities, visual anomalies, muscular anomalies, ocular diseases and ocular abnormalities of the human eye and adjacent tissue, including removal of superficial foreign bodies and misaligned eyelashes, by utilization of pharmaceutical agents, by the prescription, adaptation and application of ophthalmic lenses, devices containing lenses, prisms, contact lenses, orthoptics, vision therapy, prosthetic devices and other optical aids and the utilization of corrective procedures to preserve, restore or improve vision, consistent with sections 66A, 66B and 66C.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 66a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 66a - Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents; Utilization

Section 66A. Any registered optometrist, qualified by examination for practice under the provisions of section sixty-eight subsequent to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four or duly certified in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-eight A may for the purpose of conducting an examination of the eye, and not for therapeutic purposes, utilize the topical application to the eye of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents; provided, however, that mydriatic agents shall not be administered to a person with an iris-fixed pseudophakes.  For purposes of this section and sections sixty-eight and sixty-eight A, the term ''diagnostic pharmaceutical agents'' shall mean any topical anesthetic, mydriatic, or cycloplegic drug, except atropine and phenylephrine hydrochloride in ten per cent concentration, suitable for ocular examination procedures.  If during the course of examining a patient, the optometrist determines the existence of: (a) ocular pressure greater than twenty-four MM, or (b) any unexplained loss of visual field, or (c) a failure on the part of the individual being examined to achieve 20/40 or better corrected vision in each eye, or (d) signs of disease, the patient shall be referred to a licensed physician, unless such condition has been previously evaluated by a physician or unless the optometrist reports in writing that such referral is not warranted and documents the reasons therefor on the records of such patient.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 66b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 66b - Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents and Therapeutic Contact Lenses; Utilization; Prescriptions

Section 66B. Any registered optometrist, qualified by examination for practice under the provisions of section 68 subsequent to January 1, 1994, duly certified in accordance with the provisions of section 68B and duly registered to issue written prescriptions in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (h) of section 7 of chapter 94C may, for the purpose of preventing, correcting, managing or treating ocular diseases or abnormalities, utilize and prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to permit optometric use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents which are: (a) controlled substances as described by Title 21 U.S.C. Section 812 or in chapter 94C, except for those listed in schedule VI; (b) pharmaceutical agents administered by subdermal injection, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, subcutaneous injection or retrobulbar injection; (c) pharmaceutical agents for the specific treatment of systemic disease; and (d) invasive surgical procedures.  If, during the course of examining or treating a patient with the aid of a diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical agent, an optometrist, exercising professional judgment and that degree of expertise, care and knowledge ordinarily possessed and exercised by optometrists under like circumstances, determines the existence of the signs of previously unevaluated disease which requires treatment not included in the scope of optometric practice as defined in section 66, such optometrist shall refer such patient to a licensed physician or other qualified health care practitioner. Optometrists may utilize and prescribe nonlegend agents.  For the purposes of this section and section 68B, the term ''therapeutic pharmaceutical agents'' shall mean those topical pharmaceutical agents in schedule VI required for the diagnosis, prevention, management or treatment of abnormal ocular conditions or diseases as defined in section 66.  This section shall not be construed to prohibit an optometrist from the in-office dispensing and sale of therapeutic contact lenses as long as the medication contained in such lenses is within the profession's designated scope of practice.  For the purposes of this section, ''therapeutic contact lenses'' shall mean contact lenses which contain 1 or more medications and which deliver such medication to the eye.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 66c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 66c - Optometrists; Prescriptions; Referrals; Medical Error Reduction

Section 66C. (a) A registered optometrist who is qualified by an examination for practice under section 68, certified under section 68C and registered to issue written prescriptions pursuant to subsection (h) of section 7 of chapter 94C may: (i) use and prescribe topical and oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents as defined in section 66B that are used in the practice of optometry, including those placed in schedules III, IV, V and VI pursuant to section 2 of said chapter 94C, for the purpose of diagnosing, preventing, correcting, managing or treating glaucoma and other ocular abnormalities of the human eye and adjacent tissue; and (ii) prescribe all necessary eye-related medications, including oral anti-infective medications; provided, however, that a registered optometrist shall not use or prescribe: (A) therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of systemic diseases; (B) invasive surgical procedures; (C) pharmaceutical agents administered by subdermal injection, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, subcutaneous injection, intraocular injection or retrobulbar injection; or (D) an opioid substance or drug product.  (b) If an optometrist, while examining or treating a patient with the aid of a diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical agent and exercising professional judgment and the degree of expertise, care and knowledge ordinarily possessed and exercised by optometrists under like circumstances, encounters a sign of a previously unevaluated disease that would require treatment not included in the scope of the practice of optometry, the optometrist shall refer the patient to a licensed physician or other qualified health care practitioner.  (c) If an optometrist diagnoses a patient with congenital glaucoma or if, during the course of examining, managing or treating a patient with glaucoma, the optometrist determines that surgical treatment is indicated, the optometrist shall refer the patient to a qualified health care provider for treatment.  (d) An optometrist licensed under this chapter shall participate in any relevant state or federal report or data collection effort relative to patient safety and medical error reduction coordinated by the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction established in section 15 of chapter 12C.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 67 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 67 - Board of Registration in Optometry; Records; Inspection; Rules and Regulations; Reports

Section 67. The board of registration in optometry, herein and in sections sixty-eight to seventy-three, inclusive, called the board, shall keep a record of the names of all persons examined and registered by it and of all moneys received and disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be open to public inspection in the office of the state secretary. The board shall make rules and regulations governing its procedure, governing registration and applications therefor, and governing the practice of optometry. Said rules and regulations shall be consistent with the provisions of sections sixteen to eighteen, inclusive, of chapter thirteen and sections sixty-six to seventy-three, inclusive, of this chapter. Said report shall include a listing of the reports, if any, of adverse reactions to the administration of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-eight. The board shall make an annual report of the condition of optometry in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 68a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 68a - Examination for Use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents

Section 68A. The board of registration in optometry shall annually administer an examination designed to measure the qualifications necessary in order to safely utilize the optical application of the diagnostic pharmaceutical agents provided for in section sixty-six A. Said examination shall be held in conjunction with the examination provided for in section sixty-eight and shall include any portion of the annual examination prepared by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry which covers the subject matter of pharmacology.  Such examination shall be open upon application to any optometrist registered under the provisions of this chapter and to any person who meets the qualifications for examination under section sixty-eight; provided, however, that each applicant shall furnish to the board satisfactory evidence of the completion of a qualifying course of study relating to the topical application to the eye of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents. Such a qualifying course of study shall be at a duly accredited medical school or college of optometry. The board shall, from time to time, adopt rules and regulations prescribing the content of said course of study; provided, however, that said course of study shall require a combined total of at least ninety-five hours of study and shall include the following areas of study:  (A) general pharmacology: four hours in biochemistry; eight hours in general physiology, two of which shall be in pediatric physiology; eight hours in pharmacology, three of which shall be in pediatric pharmacology; and ten hours in indications and ocular effects of commonly prescribed drugs, two of which shall be in indications of effects in pediatric situations;  (B) ocular pharmacology: eight hours in ocular pharmacology and eight hours in the study of particular topically applied agents, including but not limited to, anesthetics, dyes, mydriatics, cycloplegics, and contact lens solutions;  (C) interpretation and patient management: six hours each in the study of anterior and posterior segment, two hours in pediatric eye diseases; two hours in glaucoma; and one hour in ocular emergency;  (D) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including treatment of anaphylaxis: four hours; and  (E) supervised clinical practice, including six hours in pediatric practice: thirty hours.  The board shall transmit to all successful applicants a certificate of qualification for the practice of optometry in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-six A.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 68b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 68b - Examination for Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents

Section 68B. The board of registration in optometry shall administer an examination designed to measure the qualifications necessary to safely utilize the ophthalmic application of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in section 66B. Such examination shall be held in conjunction with the examination provided in sections 68 and 68A and shall include any portion of the examination administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry or other appropriate examination covering the subject matter of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.  Such examination shall, upon application, be open to any optometrist registered under the provisions of this chapter and to any person who meets the qualifications for examination under the provisions of section 68 or section 68A; provided, however, that each such applicant shall furnish to the board evidence of the satisfactory completion of 90 hours of didactic instruction and 30 hours of supervised clinical education relating to the use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents by a duly accredited medical school or college of optometry and otherwise meeting the guidelines and requirements of the board of registration. The board shall transmit to all successful applicants a certificate of qualification.