38-2617 Use of pharmaceutical agents or dispensing of contact lens containing ocular pharmaceutical agent by licensed optometrist; standard of care. - Nebraska Statutes

38-2617. Use of pharmaceuticalagents or dispensing of contactlens containing ocular pharmaceutical agent by licensed optometrist;standard of care.(1) A licensed optometrist who administers orprescribes pharmaceutical agents for examination or for treatment shall providethe same standard of care to patients as that provided by a physician licensedin this state to practice medicine and surgery utilizing the same pharmaceuticalagents for examination or treatment.(2) An optometristwho dispenses a contact lens containing an ocular pharmaceutical agent whichis classified by the federal Food and Drug Administration as a drug shallcomply with the rules and regulations of the board relating to packaging,labeling, storage, drug utilization review, and record keeping. The boardshall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations relating to packaging, labeling,storage, drug utilization review, and record keeping for such contact lenses. SourceLaws 1993, LB 429, § 3; Laws 1998, LB 369, § 8; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,135.06; Laws 2007, LB236, § 25; Laws 2007, LB463, § 890; Laws 2010, LB849, § 7.Operative Date: July 15, 2010