73-19-157 - Purposes for which therapeutic pharmaceutical agents may be used; types of agents that may be prescribed. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 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: 
 

(a) Topical pharmaceutical agents; 

(b) Over-the-counter medications; 

(c) 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; 

(d) 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 

(e) 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. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1994, ch. 573, § 5; Laws, 2005, ch. 404, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2005.