Statutes, codes, and regulations
Florida Administrative Code
Department 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHDivision 64B13 - Board of Optometry
Chapter 64B13-3 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
Section 64B13-3.002 - Responsibility to Patient

Fla. Admin. Code R. 64B13-3.002

Download
PDF
Current through Reg. 50, No. 235-239, December 10, 2024
Section 64B13-3.002 - Responsibility to Patient
(1) A licensed practitioner shall have an established procedure appropriate for the provision of eye care to his/her patients in the event of an emergency outside of normal professional hours, and when the licensed practitioner is not personally available. Since the licensed practitioner's continuing responsibility to the patient is of a personal professional nature, no licensed practitioner shall primarily rely upon a hospital emergency room as a means of discharging this responsibility.
(2) Patient records shall clearly identify the optometrist who examined or treated the patient on each separate occasion.

Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B13-3.002

Rulemaking Authority 463.005(1) FS. Law Implemented 463.005(1), 463.0135 FS.

New 11-13-79, Formerly 21Q-3.02, Amended 12-16-86, Formerly 21Q-3.002, Amended 3-16-94, Formerly 61F8-3.002, Amended 12-31-95, Formerly 59V-3.002, Amended by Florida Register Volume 42, Number 154, August 9, 2016 effective 8/25/2016.

New 11-13-79, Formerly 21Q-3.02, Amended 12-16-86, Formerly 21Q-3.002, Amended 3-16-94, Formerly 61F8-3.002, Amended 12-31-95, Formerly 59V-3.002, Amended 8-25-16.