Rule 420-4-.03 - Code of EthicsThe following code of ethics is hereby adopted by the Board to govern and as a guide for the conduct of licensed dispensing opticians in the practice of opticianry in this state. Each licensed optician shall:
(a) Keep the visual welfare of the customer uppermost at all times;(b) Promote in every possible way the better care of the visual needs of the citizens of this state;(c) Enhance continuously his/her educational and technical proficiency to the end that his/her customers shall receive the benefits of all acknowledged improvements in visual care;(d) See that no worthy person shall lack for opticianry service regardless of the financial status of the person;(e) Advise each customer whenever consultation with an Optometrist or Ophthalmologist for professional care seems advisable;(f) Hold in confidence all information concerning a customer and use such data only for the benefit of the customer;(g) Conduct himself/herself as an exemplary citizen;(h) Maintain his office and practice in harmony with true professional standards;(i) Maintain and promote cordial and useful mutual relationships with members of his profession and other professions for the interchange of information for the advantage of mankind; and(j) Refrain from any exaggeration of a customer's condition.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 420-4-.03
O.C.G.A. Sec. 43-29-6.
Original Rule entitled "Code of Ethics" adopted. F. May 16, 1990; eff. June 5, 1990.