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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 3 - Licensing Procedures › Section 505:10-3-6 - Special volunteer licenses

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Pursuant to statute, 59 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 493.5, the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry creates a special volunteer license to practice optometry within the State of Oklahoma under the following terms and conditions.
(1) The special volunteer license provided for herein shall be the subject of disciplinary action by the Board upon the same grounds, terms, and conditions as all other licenses or certificates to practice optometry in the State of Oklahoma. Additionally, if the Board, acting through its President, Secretary Treasurer, or Executive Director, finds that the public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action suspending a special volunteer license, and makes such a finding regarding the emergency in an order, emergency actions may be ordered suspending such license pending the final outcome of proceedings instituted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act in a hearing by the full Board at the earliest practical date.
(2) For purposes of this section "eligible volunteer" means an optometrist.
(3) The special volunteer license shall be:
(A) issued to eligible optometrists by the Board of Examiners in Optometry (the Board), or by such person as the Board may designate in writing,
(B) issued without the payment of an application fee, license fee or renewal fee;
(C) issued or renewed without any continuing education requirements in this state;
(D) issued for a fiscal year or part thereof; and
(E) renewable annually upon approval of the Board.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 3 - Licensing Procedures › Section 505:10-3-7 - Acceptance of Military education, training, and experience toward qualification for licensure examination

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Any person wanting to apply education, training, and experience completed as a member of the Armed Forces or Reserves of the United States, National Guard of any state, the Military Reserves of any state, or the Naval Militias of any state (hereafter the Armed Forces) may submit to the Board, through the Executive Secretary, satisfactory evidence of that education, training, and experience.
(b) The Board, through the Executive Secretary, may request and require such additional evidence or information regarding education, training, and experience completed as a member of the Armed Forces as it, in its sole discretion, deems reasonably necessary.
(c) Upon receipt of evidence and information the Board, through the Executive Director, or otherwise, shall review the evidence and information provided and apply it in the most favorable manner toward satisfying the qualifications for sitting for the licensure examination.
(d) If upon review the evidence and information, applied most favorably toward satisfying the qualification for issuance of a license, is not sufficient to justify sitting for the licensure examination, the Board shall notify the applicant what additional education, training, or experience is necessary.
(e) Nothing in the submission of evidence of education and training, and the consideration of that education and training in the most favorable manner, pursuant to this section relieves an applicant of the obligation of passing the licensure examination given by the Board as a prerequisite to licensure. See,59 O.S. § 4100.7 .
(f) Additionally, in determining if an applicant has satisfactory education, training, and experience to sit for the licensure examination, the Board may verify that the applicant has:
(1) not to been subject to pending criminal charges or disciplinary actions;
(2) not been convicted of any offense prohibiting licensure;
(3) no other impairment that prohibits licensure in this state, including, but not limited to, professional discipline in another state that would, if committed in Oklahoma, potentially justify loss of license.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 3 - Licensing Procedures › Section 505:10-3-8 - Expediting issuances of license or certificate, or temporary permit

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Board establishes the following procedures to expedite the issuance of a license or certificate, or issuance of temporary permits, for spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces on active duty in this state.
(1) The spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty in the state of Oklahoma may submit to the Board, through the Executive Secretary, evidence that:
(A) He or she is the spouse of a member of the Armed Services on active duty within the State of Oklahoma; or
(B) He or she is the spouse of a member of the Armed Services who was a permanent resident in the State of Oklahoma for at least six (6) months prior to assignment to active duty; or
(C) He or she is the spouse of a member of the Armed Services who is subject to a military transfer to Oklahoma; and
(D) He or she is certified or licensed to practice optometry in a state other than Oklahoma; and
(E) He or she left employment as an optometrist in another state to accompany his or her spouse to the State of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 3 - Licensing Procedures › Section 505:10-3-9 - Automatic extension of licenses for those deployed on active duty with the Armed Forces

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Board shall automatically extend, on a year to year basis, the license of any optometrist duly licensed by the Board who is a member of the Armed Forces and is deployed outside the state of Oklahoma on active duty, conditioned on the prior written request for such extension by the duly licensed optometrist.
(b) Within thirty days of his or her permanent return, the Oklahoma licensed optometrist shall notify the Board of his or her return from active duty deployment outside the state.
(c) The automatic extension of the license shall continue after return from deployment outside the state until the next regular relicensing date. The optometrist shall be automatically relicensed as of the first regular relicensing date following return from deployment outside the state. During the year following the next regular relicensing date, the optometrist shall comply with all regular requirements for relicensure.
(d) While an Oklahoma optometrist's license is on automatic extension pursuant to this rule, including for that portion of the extension after the optometrist returns from out of state deployment, and until the first regular relicensing date, the following conditions shall apply:
(1) No payment of license renewal fees shall be required;
(2) If the following conditions are met, no continuing education shall be required:
(a) the optometrist requests a waiver of continuing education requirements in writing, including by electronic mail;
(b) circumstances associated with his or her military duty prevent obtaining continuing education; and
(c) the optometrist on active duty practices optometry as a part of his or her military duties; or
(d) the optometrist on active duty presents other grounds justifying, in the sole discretion of the Board, waiver of continuing education requirements.
(3) No evidence of completion of CPR training, or any other requirement, need be made to the Board.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-1 - Minimum standard of sanitation, hygiene and professional surroundings

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In order to establish a minimum standard of sanitation, hygiene and professional surroundings of and for optometric offices in this State, the Board of Optometry of Oklahoma, acting under authority of Subdivision "E", Section 3, House Bill No. 307 of the Sixteenth Legislature of Oklahoma, does hereby prescribe the following rules and regulations, to-wit:
(1) All optometric offices, including instruments and equipment, contained therein, in this State, must at all times be kept clean and free from any condition or surroundings that will make or tend to make same unsanitary or unhygienic.
(2) The Patient 's entrance to each optometric office in this state shall open on a public street, hall, lobby or corridor.
(3) Every optometrist practicing his profession in this state must have available in his office for examination of the human eye the following minimum equipment, to-wit: an Ophthalmoscope, a Retinoscope, a Keratometer, a Refractor, or their equivalent and an instrument for recording visual fields. Every such examination must be made in an optometric office, such as is referred to in (1) and (2) of this Section, and in a room of such office used exclusively for the practice of optometry. Provided, that if a person desiring optometric services informed an Optometrist that by reason of sickness, or other cause, he or she is confined to his or her place of abode, said optometrist may make an examination at the place of abode of said person. Provided, further, that said optometrist must have available at said place of abode for said examination, the following minimum equipment, to-wit: an Opthalmoscope, a Retinoscope, or their equivalent, a reliable astigmatic test and a reliable trial frame suitable for muscular test.
(4) No Optometrist shall practice Optometry in a room or part of a room occupied in whole or in part by a wholesale or retail mercantile establishment, or maintain an optometric office therein, or in connection therewith.
Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4167, eff 6-29-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1803, eff 6-12-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2978, eff 9-13-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-2 - Prohibition against practicing in proximity to retail optical outlet

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No optometrist shall, with intent or purpose to induce patronage for himself, practice optometry in such proximity to a retail optical outlet as to induce the public to associate his practice with such retail optical outlet.
(b) It shall be considered unprofessional and unethical to practice adjacent to a retail optical outlet without a solid wall between the two. There shall be no windows, doors or openings in the wall and there shall be no access from one side of the wall to the other and there shall be no referral of patients or persons from one side of the wall to the other.
Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4167, eff 6-29-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1803, eff 6-12-95
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-3 - Prohibition against solicitation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
No optometrist shall knowingly allow or permit any person engaged in or interested in the sale of optical goods, appliances or materials to solicit business for him.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-4 - Prohibition against practicing in connection with comercial business

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Practices may not be established within the premises of any commercial business nor in conjunction with any commercial business, and no optometrist shall use a commercial business as a "feeder" to his practice of optometry, nor shall any optometrist be employed in practicing optometry by one other than an optometrist registered by the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-5 - Prohibition against practicing under name other than proper name

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
No person or persons shall practice optometry under any trade name, franchise name, corporate name, fictitious name or any name other than his or her own proper name as the name appears on the certificate of license issued by the Board of Examiners in Optometry. Neither shall any optometrist be listed in any telephone book, city directory, other directory or on any list of any type whatever except by his or her own proper name as it appears on that person's license certificate.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-6 - Requirement of registering intent to dispense dangerous drugs and controlled dangerous substances

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Any certified licensed practitioner of Optometry desiring to dispense dangerous drugs, pursuant to 59 OS Supp. 1987 Section 355.1 shall register such intent with the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry and meet annual continuing education requirements as set by the Board. Any certified licensed professional Optometrist desiring to dispense controlled dangerous substances shall first obtain a registration number from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4733, eff 9-6-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1803, eff 6-12-95
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-7 - Practice in two locations

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Any licensed optometrist in Oklahoma may practice in two, but not more than two, office locations; either one principal and one branch or two principal offices. Practice in a government institution shall not be counted as one of these locations. Practice in another doctor's office shall be considered as one of the optometrist's two locations.
(1)
Registration of each office.
Each office must be registered with the Board and such registration shall be renewed annually along with the Optometrist's license renewal. No less than a $100.00 late renewal fee shall be charged after June 30th of each year. The fee for initial and renewal registration for a secondary office will be determined by the Board. Each optometrist is responsible for notifying the Board and registering each office with the Executive Director of the Board on a form provided by the Board.
(2)
Displaying license certificate.
A license certificate must be displayed in each office location and duplicate licenses shall be furnished by the Board at a fee to be determined by the Board.
(3)
Minimum equipment in second office.
A second office is defined and construed by the Board as a secondary practice, at a fixed location and must be registered with the Board. The following minimum equipment is required in each office:
(A) Phoroptor
(B) Projector
(C) Auto Keratometer or Keratometer or Ophthalmometer
(D) Slit Lamp or Biomicroscope
(E) Tonometer
(F) Ophtalmoscope
(G) Retinoscope
(H) Lensometer
(I) Perimeter or other visual fields testing instrument
(J) Color Vision Testing Device
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-8 - Penalties for practicing without renewal certificate

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Practicing optometry without an annual renewal certificate for the current year, as required by statutes, shall have the same force and effect and be subject to all penalties of practicing optometry without a license.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-9 - Required findings on examination of patient

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) In order to insure an adequate examination of a patient for whom an optometrist signs a prescription for an ophthalmic lens, at least the following findings must be made and recorded, if possible in the initial examination of the patient:
(1) Case history (ocular, physical, occupational and other pertinent health information)
(2) Far point acuity, O.D., O.S., O.U., unaided; with old glasses; if available, and with new glasses, if any.
(3) External examination (lids, cornea, sclera, etc.)
(4) Internal ophthalmoscopic examination (media, fundus, etc.)
(5) Static retinoscopy, O.D., O.S.
(6) Subjective findings, far point and near point.
(7) Phorias or ductions, far and near, lateral and vertical.
(8) Amplitude or range of accommodation.
(9) Amplitude or range of convergence.
(10) Angle of vision, to right and to left.
(11) Other tests must be made and recorded as necessary for the visual health and welfare of the patient.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-10 - Prohibition against false advertising

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
An optometrist may not publish or display or cause or permit to be published or displayed in any newspaper or by radio, television, billboard, window display, or any other means or medium, any statement or advertisement concerning ophthalmic services or materials, including but not limited to eye examinations, lenses, frames, spectacles, contact lenses, or parts thereof, which is false, deceptive, misleading or in any manner whatsoever tends to create a misleading impression or is likely to mislead or deceive because in context said statement or advertisement makes only a partial disclosure of relevant facts.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-11 - Authorized post-graduate educational work

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Every Optometrist must cause to be filed with the Board not later than June 30th of each year, beginning 2017 proof showing that during the preceding year he/she attended not less than twenty-five (25) hours of continuing medical education (CME) or an affidavit showing that he was unavoidably prevented, because of sickness or for some other reason satisfactory to the Board, from attending any such educational or post-graduate program. Of the twenty-five (25) required annually, up to six (6) hours of remote learning, up to six (6) hours of practice management and a minimum of one (1) hour shall be judicious prescribing of dangerous drugs and controlled dangerous substances provided by the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians or the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry.
(b) The Board approves the following vendors providing continuing medical education (CME) provided the faculty or staff of each vendor substantially develops and presents the program and the program is free from any appearance of commercialism:
(1) Optometry college accredited by the American Optometric Council on Education
(2) American Optometric Association, or an affiliate of the American Optometric Association
(3) College of Optometrists in Vision Development
(4) Southeast Council of Optometry (SECO)
(5) Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians
(6) Great Western Council of Optometry (GWCO)
(7) Heart of America Contact Lens society
(8) American Academy of Optometry (AAO), or any affiliate of the AAO
(9) State Optometric Associations of the United States
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-12 - Code of Ethics

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
It Shall Be the Ideal, The Reserve, And the Duty of Each Optometrist in Oklahoma:
(1) TO KEEP the visual welfare of the patient uppermost at all times
(2) TO PROMOTE in every possible way, in collaboration with this Board, better care of the visual needs of mankind;
(3) TO ENHANCE continuously their educational and technical proficiency to the end that their patients shall receive the benefits of all acknowledged improvements in visual care;
(4) TO SEE THAT no person shall lack for visual care, regardless of his financial status;
(5) TO ADVISE the patient whenever consultation with an optometric colleague or reference for other professional care seems advisable;
(6) TO HOLD professional confidence all information concerning a patient and to use such data only for the benefit of the patient;
(7) TO CONDUCT themselves as exemplary citizens;
(8) TO MAINTAIN their offices and their practices in keeping with professional standards;
(9) TO PROMOTE and maintain cordial and unselfish relationships with members of their own profession and of their professions for the exchange of information to the advantage of mankind;
(10) TO BE ACCOUNTABLE to and to refrain from any appearance of negligence of a patient;
(11) TO BE AVAILABLE and responsive to a patient for consultation on his or her visual care;
(12) TO CONDUCT their practices in total independence from any corporation, firm, company, entity, or non-licensed lay person; except that an optometrict may incorporate a practice under the Professional Corporation Act as provided by law;
(13) TO PRACTICE in his or her own name and to avoid any appearance of affiliation which might confuse or mislead members of the public, in any manner, with any retail optical concern or outlet.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-14 - Release of contact lenses prescription

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Upon request by a patient, who has paid for all professional services rendered in connection with care, the Optometrist shall release to the patient a copy of the prescription for contact lenses. An Optometrist shall comply with any state or federal law or regulation regarding release of contact lens prescriptions.
(b) A contact lens prescription release by an Optometrist upon patient request shall contain the following, to wit:
(1) Date of issue.
(2) Name and address of patient.
(3) Name, address and signature of the prescribing Optometrist.
(4) All parameters required to properly supply the contact lenses, to include brand names and materials types.
(5) A specific date of expiration, not to exceed twelve (12) months.
(6) Any limitations on refills and notification of scheduled follow-up visits.
(7) Explicit statement that it is a contact lens prescription.
(8) Specific notation that any person, firm or corporation that dispenses or sells contact lenses from the prescription should inform the patient in writing that they should return to the prescribing Optometrist to ascertain the accuracy and suitability of the contact lenses and that the prescribing Optometrist shall not be responsible for any damage or injury resulting from negligence of third parties to include but not limited to negligence in packaging, manufacturing, improper care regimen or recommendations (cleaning, disinfection and wetting) or instructions provided by the seller that lead to over-wear of lenses or improper care of lenses which result in damage to lenses or visual system, and that the prescribing doctor shall not be responsible for contact lens damage, eye injury or damage occurring during the time that lenses are provided by another dispenser.
(9) Notice that the contact lens dispenser shall not adapt, substitute or change the contact lens prescription without prior authorization from the prescribing doctor, to include brand names and specific material types, to do so constitutes the practice of Optometry.
(10) A contact lens prescription is deemed to be determined after the refraction, eye health examination, corneal assessment, and diagnostic lens fitting. No Optometric physician will write a contact lens prescription until the above steps have been performed. No Optometric physician will write a contact lens prescription should the said patient 's eye health be compromised because of contact lenses.
(11) The words "ok for contact lens", "fit with contact lenses" etc. or similar wording do not constitute a contact lens prescription.
(12) Further - all contact lenses used in the determination of a contact lens prescription are considered to be diagnostic lenses and the use of such lenses by anyone other than an optometric physician or medical physician or someone under his or her direct supervision shall constitute the practice of Optometry.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-16 - Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agent certificate required after June 30, 2006

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Board recognizes that the widespread use by optometrists of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, as authorized by law and under the regulation of the Board, has provided profound benefits for the ocular health of Oklahoma citizens who are patients of doctors of optometry. The Board further recognizes that only a small number of licensed optometrists in Oklahoma have not been certified to administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and that patients of those doctors may find themselves at a disadvantage because they cannot obtain the full range of treatment necessary to guarantee their visual welfare. Therefore, the Board shall not renew the license of any optometrist to practice after June 30, 2006 unless that optometrist has completed the necessary education and secured from the Board a certificate to administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 2978, eff 9-13-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 5 - Regulation of Licensees › Section 505:10-5-17 - Proper scope of practice of nonlaser surgical procedures

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The practice of optometry is defined to be the science and art of examining the human eye and measurement of the powers of vision by the employment of any means, including the use or furnishing of any self-testing device, the use of any computerized or automatic refracting device, the use of pharmaceutical agents, the diagnosis of conditions of the human eye, and the correcting and relief of ocular abnormalities by means including but not limited to prescribing and adaptation of lenses, contact lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, prisms and the employment of vision therapy or orthoptics for the aid thereof, low vision rehabilitation, laser surgery procedures, excluding retina, laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK), and cosmetic lid surgery. (59 O.S. § 581 ) In addition, the practice of optometry shall include the correction and relief of ocular abnormalities by Non-Laser Surgical procedures not excluded in paragraph (b) of this rule.
(b) Except for the Post Operative Care of these procedures, the following Non-Laser Surgeries are excluded from the scope of practice of optometry:
(1) Non-Laser Surgery related to removal of the eye on a living human being;
(2) Non-Laser Surgery requiring full thickness incision or excision of the cornea or sclera other than Paracentesis in an emergency situation requiring immediate reduction of the pressure inside the eye;
(3) Penetrating Keratoplasty (Corneal Transplant), or Lamellar Keratoplasty;
(4) Non-Laser Surgery requiring incision of the Iris and Ciliary body, also includes Iris diathermy or cryotherapy;
(5) Non-Laser Surgery requiring incision of the Vitreous;
(6) Non-Laser Surgery requiring incision of the Retina;
(7) Non-Laser Surgical Extraction of the Crystalline Lens;
(8) Non-Laser Surgery Intraocular Implants;
(9) Incisional or excisional Non-Laser Surgery of the Extraocular Muscles;
(10) Non-Laser Surgery of the eyelid for incisional Cosmetic or Mechanical repair of Blepharochalasis, ptosis, and tarsorrhaphy or eyelid malignencies.
(11) Non-Laser Surgery of the boney Orbit, including Orbital Implants;
(12) Incisional or excisional Non-Laser Surgery of the Lacrimal System other than Lacrimal probing or related procedures;
(13) Non-Laser Surgery requiring full thickness Conjuntivoplasty with graft or flap; and
(14) Any Non-Laser Surgical procedure that does not provide for the correction and relief of ocular abnormalities.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 7 - Complaints, Regulations and Renewals › Section 505:10-7-1 - Notification of action on license

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In accordance with statute, no optometrist's license will be revoked, suspended, annulled, withdrawn or its renewal refused until the licensee is notified by certified mail or by other means of notification as specified in individual proceedings of the facts which warrant the intended action by the Board, and the licensee is given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 7 - Complaints, Regulations and Renewals › Section 505:10-7-2 - Complaints against licensees

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Charges against Optometrists must be made in the form of a Complaint filed with the Executive Director. If the complaint is unable to be reconciled, then a formal or informal hearing will be set and the Executive Director will advise the members of the Board of the filing of the same, whereupon the time and place of hearing the Complainant will be set. Notice of the time and place of hearing will be given to the Optometrists complained against, and to the Complainant, by the Executive Director by mail at least ten (10) days before the date of the hearing. The proceedings will be conducted in accordance with the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. 1971 Sections 301 - 327.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3655, eff 7-27-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 7 - Complaints, Regulations and Renewals › Section 505:10-7-3 - Renewal after revocation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Renewal after revocation for failure to pay fees
. The Board shall have discretion to issue a new certificate of registration to any of its licensees whose certificate has been revoked for failure to pay the annual license fee. The Board may, at is discretion, issue a new certificate upon payment all annual license fees then due and owing for all years since the revocation of the certificate plus payment of a reinstatement fee of three times annual fee. Prior to issuance of such a new certificate, the Board may, in its discretion, require the applicant to establish his knowledge of Optometry by passing such examinations, including as the Board may deem appropriate, all or part of either state or national board examinations. The applicant may also be required to furnish proof, acceptable to the Board, of good moral character during the period of revocation, and that the applicant has not been convected of any felony offense at any time.
(b)
Renewal of certificates in circumstances of possible misconduct by licensee
. If information comes to the Board's attention that the applicant for issuance of a new license after revocation may have engaged in conduct either before or during the period of revocation which, had the applicant been a current licensee, might have resulted in discipline by the Board, the Board may, prior to issuing a new certificate of registration, conduct a hearing to determine if misconduct has occurred which should result in the denial of a new certificate of registration. The Board may decline to issue a new certificate of authority for any misconduct which could result in the suspension or revocation of a certificate under applicable statutes or rules of the Board. Any such hearing shall be conducted with the same notice and procedures employed in keeping the Optometry statutes, the Board's rules and the Administrative Procedures Act. If at the conclusion of the hearing, the Board determines by clear and convincing evidence that applicable statutes or rules have been violated and that a new certificate of registration should not be issued, it will so hold in a written order.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3655, eff 7-27-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 505 - Board of Examiners in Optometry › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Regulation of Optometrists › Subchapter 7 - Complaints, Regulations and Renewals › Section 505:10-7-4 - Placement of license on inactive status and restoration to active status of such licenses

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Licensee's request to put license on inactive status.
A licensee of the Board may submit to the Board a written request to have his or her license placed upon inactive status under either of the following circumstances:
(1) Permanent retirement from the practice of optometry; or
(2) Temporary withdrawal from the practice of optometry.
While a license is in inactive status, the licensee is not required to pay fees to the Board or attend and report continuing education courses as required by 59 O.S. § 604, but the licensee may do so if desired. During such time as his or her license is in inactive status, the licensee shall not engage in any practice of optometry until the license is restored to active status. A request to place a license in inactive status shall not preclude the Board from taking any disciplinary action against the licensee which the Board may deem necessary and appropriate.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 510:1-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The rules of this chapter establish the framework by which
				  the Board carries out its statutory duties, including the licensure and
				  discipline of osteopathic physicians.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 510:1-1-2 - Board origin [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 510:1-1-3 - Composition of Board

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Board shall consist of eight (8) members who are
				  qualified and appointed in accordance with the provisions of 59 O.S. Section
				  624 and 625 .
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 510:1-1-4 - Powers and duties of Board [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 510:1-1-5 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act"
means the Osteopathic Medicine Act, Title
				  59 O.S., Section 620 et seq.
"Board"
means the Oklahoma State Board of
				  Osteopathic Examiners.
Added at 13 Ok Reg 2219,
				  eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-1 - Office location

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The office of the Board is located at 4848 North Lincoln
				  Boulevard, Suite 100, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73105-3321. The phone number
				  is (405) 528-8625.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-2 - Office hours

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The office of the Board will be open from 8:00 a.m. until
				  4:30 p.m. each week day. The office will be closed on weekends and holidays
				  established by statute or proclamation of the Governor.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-3 - Communication with the Board

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Written communication may be addressed to the Board at the office of the Board. Facsimile communications may be sent to the office of the Board. All applications for licensure, renewal and related documents must be submitted through the Board's online platform. Telephonic communications may be made during regular office hours for assistance and accommodation.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-4 - Board meetings

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Board holds regular quarterly meetings on the third Thursday of March, June and September and the second Thursday of December of each year except that such regularly scheduled meetings may be cancelled or changed at the Boards discretion. The Board may hold other meetings of a special or emergency nature in its discretion. Meetings will be conducted at the Board office or other designated locations as necessary or desirable. A majority of the members of the Board constitute a quorum and may transact any business of the Board by a simple majority vote of the quorum present. The Board Executive Director, or designee, shall ensure all notice and final Agenda posting requirements for any meeting of the Board comply with 25 O.S. § 311.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-5 - Public access to records

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following documents shall be available for public
				  inspection and copying at the Board's principal office during regular office
				  hours: all records of receipt and expenditure of funds, rules adopted by the
				  Board, declaratory rulings issued by the Board, minutes of Board meetings,
				  applications for licensure and renewal, the official record of individual
				  proceedings and other records required to be maintained by Oklahoma law and to
				  be made public by the Oklahoma Open Records Act. The records to be made public
				  do not include documents that are confidential or subject to an evidentiary
				  privilege (including patient records and attorney/client communications) or are
				  protected from disclosure under the work product doctrine, the Board's
				  litigation files, the Board's investigatory files and reports and
				  communications to the Board about current and prospective licensees. Copies of
				  the documents available to the public will be provided upon the Board's receipt
				  of a written request and payment of required fees, including $.25 for each page
				  copied and, where appropriate under the Open Records Act, $20.00 per hour for
				  searching for documents. [59 O.S., Section 627, 51 O.S., Section 24A.1 et
				  seq.]
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-6 - Certification of records

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
True and correct copies of records of the Board may be
				  certified by the Board's secretary or executive director. The fee for
				  certification of records shall be $1.00 per document and must be paid upon the
				  delivery of the certified record. [51 O.S., Section 24A.5]
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-7 - Board compensation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Members of the Board may be compensated at the daily per
				  diem rate for state employees in addition to the reimbursement for expenses as
				  provided for in the Oklahoma Travel and Reimbursement Act, 74 O.S., Section
				  500.1 et seq.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-8 - Investigations

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Board may investigate any matter within its statutory authority. Licensees and applicants for licensure shall provide information requested by the Board and shall allow the Board to inspect their records and facilities. The Board may compel oral testimony, written responses to interrogatories, production of documents and inspection of property through subpoenas issued by the Board President, Board Secretary, Board Executive Director, any other persons authorized by the Board authorized to issue subpoenas, or search warrants issued by the district court. [59 O.S., Section 626(D) and 637(C)].
Added at 13 Ok Reg 2219,
				  eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 3 - General Course and Method of Operations › Section 510:1-3-9 - Officer duties designated

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Whenever these rules prescribe a specific duty be performed
				  by a specified Officer, the Board may, in its discretion, designate any other
				  Officer, Board Member or Staff Member to perform such duty.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 5 - Individual Proceedings › Section 510:1-5-1 - Initiation of individual proceedings, complaint, and citation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
An individual proceeding may be initiated, upon information indicating the possible violation of the Act, through the filing of a verified complaint by the Board staff setting out the matters enumerated in 75 O.S., Section 309, and containing a statement setting forth the allegations and naming the licensee against whom the complaint is made. The Secretary, or Board staff, shall issue a citation notifying the respondent of the verified complaint and the date and place of the hearing.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 5 - Individual Proceedings › Section 510:1-5-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Allegation"
means the unverified information concerning a physician's acts or omissions provided to or discovered by Board investigative staff and reviewed by the Medical Review Committee. Such information may or may not ultimately merit a verified complaint of unprofessional conduct.
"Individual proceeding"
means consideration of issuing a formal sanction penalizing a licensee of the Board. It does not mean consideration of the issuance or reinstatement of a license.
"Respondent"
means the licensed osteopathic physician whose licensure is the subject of the individual proceeding.
"Verified Complaint"
means the formal allegation of unprofessional conduct against the named physician filed by Board staff that leads to an individual proceeding adjudged by the Board en banc.
Added at 13 Ok Reg 2219,
				  eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 5 - Individual Proceedings › Section 510:1-5-2 - Citation [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 510 - State Board of Osteopathic Examiners › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 5 - Individual Proceedings › Section 510:1-5-3 - Service

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The verified complaint and citation and all subpoenas shall be served personally in the manner authorized by state law for service of summons in a judicial proceeding or by certified mail, return receipt requested, delivery restricted to the addressee. If personal service or service by certified mail cannot be completed, service of the verified complaint and citation may be made by first class mail to the respondent at the last address furnished to the Board by the respondent or by publication in a newspaper or newspapers for the time, or posting at the places, the Secretary of the Board determines will be most likely to provide notice to the respondent.
(b) Personal service may be made by any person appointed by the Secretary of the Board, Board Investigators, or any person authorized by State law to serve process in judicial proceedings.
(c) Service of all other papers shall be made by first-class mail to the address at which service of the initial complaint and citation was made or in the manner by which such service was made if not by mail or personal service or such other address designated by the respondent; to the Board at its office, the office of its general counsel and the prosecuting attorney; and to the address designated by any other party to the proceeding.
(d) Service by mail shall be complete upon the date the notice is placed in the U.S. Mail with sufficient postage prepaid. Service by publication shall be complete on the date of the first publication. Service by posting shall be complete on the date the notice is posted. Personal service shall be complete upon delivery.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
				  2219, eff 6-27-96