336.010. Defining practice of optometry--other definitions.

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336.010. Defining practice of optometry--other definitions.

Defining practice of optometry--other definitions.

336.010. 1. The "practice of optometry" is the examination,diagnosis, treatment, and preventative care of the eye, adnexa, and vision.The practice includes, but is not limited to:

(1) The examination of the eye, adnexa, and vision to determine theaccommodative and refractive states, visual perception, conditions, anddiseases;

(2) The diagnosis and treatment of conditions or diseases of the eye,adnexa, and vision;

(3) The performance of diagnostic procedures and ordering oflaboratory and imaging tests for the diagnosis of vision and conditions anddiseases of the eye and adnexa;

(4) The prescription and administration of pharmaceutical agents,excluding injectable agents, for the purpose of examination, diagnosis, andtreatment of vision and conditions or diseases of the eye and adnexa;

(5) The removal of superficial foreign bodies from the eye or adnexa;

(6) The employment of objective or subjective mechanical means todetermine the accommodative or refractive states of the human eye;

(7) The prescription or adaptation of lenses, prisms, devices, orocular exercises to correct defects or abnormal conditions of the human eyeor vision or to adjust the human eye to special conditions;

(8) The prescription and fitting of ophthalmic or contact lenses anddevices;

(9) The prescription and administration of vision therapy; and

(10) The prescription and administration of low vision care.

2. An optometrist may not perform surgery, including the use oflasers for treatment of any disease or condition or for the correction ofrefractive error.

3. As used in this chapter, except as the context may otherwiserequire, the following terms mean:

(1) "Eye", the human eye;

(2) "Adnexa", all structures adjacent to the eye and the conjunctiva,lids, lashes, and lacrimal system;

(3) "Board", the Missouri state board of optometry;

(4) "Diagnostic pharmaceutical agents", topically appliedpharmaceuticals used for the purpose of conducting an examination of theeye, adnexa, and vision;

(5) "Low vision care", the examination, treatment, and management ofpatients with visual impairments not treatable by conventional eyewear orcontact lenses and may include a vision rehabilitation program to enhanceremaining vision skills;

(6) "Pharmaceutical agents", any diagnostic and therapeutic drug orcombination of drugs that assist the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, ormitigation of abnormal conditions or symptoms of the human eye, adnexa, andvision;

(7) "Therapeutic pharmaceutical agents", those pharmaceuticals,excluding injectable agents, used for the treatment of conditions ordiseases of the eye, adnexa, and vision;

(8) "Vision therapy", a treatment regiment to improve a patient'sdiagnosed visual dysfunctions, prevent the development of visual problems,or enhance visual performance to meet the defined needs of the patient.