056-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-3

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 1-3 - Definitions

(a) "Act" means Wyoming Statute §§ 33-23-101 through -117.

(b) "AOA" means American Optometric Association.

(c) "ARC" means Application Review Committee.

(d) "ARBO" means Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry.

(e) "Board Rules" means the administrative rules promulgated by the Board.

(f) "CE" means continuing education.

(g) "COPE" means Council on Optometric Practitioner Education.

(h) "IC" means Investigative Committee.

(i) "Incompetence" means an act or omission that presents a danger to an individual's life, health, or safety and is likely to cause death or injury.

(j) "NBEO" means National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

(k) "OE Tracker" means an ARBO program that captures and stores CE information for optometrists.

(l) "Permissible removal of foreign bodies" means removal of superficial ocular foreign bodies not penetrating the intraocular spaces or tissues.

(m) "Pharmaceutical Agents" means those Food and Drug Administration approved pharmaceutical agents related to the practice of optometry.

(n) "Surgery" means the penetration by manual operation into the intraocular tissues or spaces for healing diseases, deformations, or injuries.

(o) "WAPA" means the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. §§ 16-3-101 through -115.

056-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-3

Amended, Eff. 4/9/2018.