18 Va. Admin. Code § 105-20-5
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Active clinical practice" means as an average of 20 hours per week or 640 hours per year of providing patient care.
"Adnexa" is defined as the conjoined, subordinate, or immediately associated anatomic parts of the human eye, including eyelids and eyebrows.
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Optometry.
"NBEO" means the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.
"TMOD" means the treatment and management of ocular disease portion of the NBEO examination.
"TPA" means therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
"TPA certification" means authorization by the Virginia Board of Optometry for an optometrist to treat diseases and abnormal conditions of the human eye and its adnexa and to prescribe and administer certain therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.
18 Va. Admin. Code § 105-20-5
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3223 of the Code of Virginia.