12 AAC 48.025. Pharmaceutical agent prescription and use endorsement

(a) The board may issue a license endorsement under AS 08.72.175 authorizing a licensee to prescribe and use the pharmaceutical agents described in AS 08.72.272 to a licensee who submits

(1) an application on a form provided by the department;

(2) the fee established in 12 AAC 02.300;

(3) official verification of having passed

(A) the exam required for completion of a board approved pharmacology and ocular disease course of at least 100 contact hours offered by an accredited school or college of optometry; or

(B) the "Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease" (TMOD) examination, or the TMOD examination equivalent derived from the National Board of Examiners in Optometry examination; and

(4) if applicable, verification of having met the continuing education requirements of (b) of this section.

(b) An applicant for a license endorsement under this section must submit documentation of an average of 12 contact hours of approved continuing education in ocular pharmacology or pathology for each year since the date an examination required under (a)(3) of this section was passed unless the examination was passed within two years immediately preceding the date of application for endorsement.

History: Eff. 3/20/93, Register 125; am 11/2/2002, Register 164; am 9/17/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 08.72.050

AS 08.72.175

AS 08.72.272

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