W. Va. Code R. § 14-11-11

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 14-11-11 - Restrictions

11.1. A certificate holder may not establish a pharmacy in an optometric office or sell injectable pharmaceutical agents prescribed in treatment unless there is a licensed pharmacist on staff or present when the prescription is filled. Nothing in this rule shall prohibit the optometrist from charging a usual and customary fee for performing the injection.

11.2. Retrobulbar and Peribulbar injections are prohibited.

11.3. The board shall establish a formulary of pharmaceutical agents to be administered by injection.

11.3.a. The injection formulary shall be created from those agents that certificate holders have been authorized previously to administer or prescribe as topical agents or oral medication categories listed in the oral formulary of the Board in the W. Va. Code of State Rules, §14-2-7.2.a through §14-2-7.2.g.

11.3.b. New drugs or drug indications may be added to the formulary by a decision of the Board based on any of the following criteria:

11.3.b.1 A new or existing drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of the eye or its appendages.

11.3.b.2. A new drug or new drug indication has gained accepted use in the eye care field. Such acceptance may be indicated by its inclusion in the curriculum of an optometry school accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education or its successor approved by the U.S. Department of Education or approved post-graduate continuing education, through peer-reviewed, evidence-based research and professional journal articles, or by inclusion in established standards of practice and care published by professional organizations.

W. Va. Code R. § 14-11-11