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Code · Virginia · Title 54.1 · Chapter 32

Code of Virginia § 54.1-3223. Regulations relating to therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.

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The Board shall promulgate such regulations governing the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents by TPA-certified optometrists as are reasonable and necessary to ensure an appropriate standard of medical care for patients, including, but not limited to, determinations of the diseases and abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa that may be treated by TPA-certified optometrists and treatment guidelines.
Such regulations and amendments thereto shall be exempt from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), except to any extent that they may be specifically made subject to §§ 2.2-4024 , 2.2-4030 , and 2.2-4031 ; the Board's regulations shall, however, comply with § 2.2-4103 of the Virginia Register Act (§ 2.2-4100 et seq.). The Board shall, however, conduct a public hearing prior to making amendments to the treatment guidelines or the determinations of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa that may be treated by TPA-certified optometrists.
Thirty days prior to conducting such hearing, the Board shall give written notice by mail or electronic means of the date, time, and place of the hearing to all currently TPA-certified optometrists and any other persons requesting to be notified of the hearings and publish notice of its intention to amend the regulations in the Virginia Register of Regulations. During the public hearing, interested parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final adoption of any amendments.
Proposed and final amendments shall also be published, pursuant to § 2.2-4031 , in the Virginia Register of Regulations.
1996, cc. 152 , 158 ; 2004, c. 744 ; 2023, c. 268 ; 2025, cc. 391 , 408 .
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