449.18 Removals from eyes; use of therapeutic pharmaceuticals.

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(1)Applicability. No optometrist may use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents or remove foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye unless one of the following applies:

(a)The examining board initially issues a license to practice optometry to the optometrist on or after August 1, 2006.

(b)The department issued a certificate to the optometrist under s. 449.18 , 2003 stats.

(c)The examining board issues a certificate under sub.

(2)to an optometrist issued a license to practice optometry before August 1, 2006.

(2)Licenses issued before august 1, 2006.

(a)The examining board shall certify an optometrist to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and remove foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye if the optometrist was issued a license to practice optometry before August 1, 2006, and the optometrist satisfies all of the following:

1. The optometrist is certified under s. 449.17 , 2003 stats., or s. 449.17

(a)to use topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents.

2. The optometrist has successfully completed 100 hours of approved study in the use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and the removal of superficial foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye. The course of study shall be offered by an institution approved by the examining board and accredited by a regional or professional accrediting organization that is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its successor or the federal department of education.

3. The optometrist has passed an examination conducted or approved by the examining board. The examining board shall periodically review the validity, reliability, and appropriateness of the examination that it conducts or approves under this subdivision.

(d)No fee may be charged for the issuance of a certificate under par.

(a).

(e)A certificate issued under par.

(a)or s. 449.18 , 2003 stats., remains in effect while the optometrist’s license to practice optometry remains in effect unless the certificate is suspended or revoked by the examining board.