§ 11-403
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§11–403.
(a)A licensed optometrist may:
(1)Use the title “optometrist”;
(2)If the optometrist holds the degree of doctor of optics or doctor of optometry from a college or university authorized to give the degree, use the title “Doctor” or the abbreviations “Dr.” or “O.D.” with the optometrist’s name;
(3)If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404 of this subtitle, use the title “diagnostically certified optometrist”; and
(4)If the optometrist is certified under § 11-404.1 of this subtitle, use the title “therapeutically certified optometrist”.
(b)Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensed optometrist may not attach to the optometrist’s name or use as a title:
(1)The words or abbreviations “Doctor”, “Dr.”, “M.D.”, “physician”, or “surgeon”, or any other word or abbreviation that suggests that the optometrist practices medicine; or
(2)Any word or abbreviation that suggests that the optometrist treats diseases or injuries of the human eye, including the words “eye specialist”, “eyesight specialist”, “oculist”, or “ophthalmologist”.