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Steroid Alert
USE OF STEROIDS!!!!!
With the passage of
SB 474/HB 719 during the 2005 legislative session, §§ 11-404.1 and 11-404.2 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, Health Occupations Article, Title 11,
Optometrists, was amended. The
law, which became effective July 1, 2005,
permits TPA certified optometrists to administer and prescribe topical
steroids in accordance with a
practice protocol adopted by the Board.
In addition, the law requires all applicants for TPA certification to take an
8-hour steroids course that is approved by the Board and administered by the
Maryland Optometric Association in conjunction with the Maryland Society of
Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
Please note that optometrists who graduated on or after July 1,
2005 are exempt from the 8-hour steroids course requirement. |
REGULATORY REVIEW!!!!!!
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The Regulatory Review and Evaluation
Act §10-130-10-139, Annotated Code of Maryland requires that all
chapters of COMAR (Code of Maryland Regulations) be reviewed every 8
years. The Board must evaluate the need to retain, amend, or repeal
existing regulations. The Board of Examiners in Optometry has begun
the review process and must submit an evaluation report which is due
October 1, 2008. You can visit www.dsd.state.md.us to view the
Board’s current regulations, Title 10 Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, Subtitle 28 Board of Examiners in Optometry. The
Board is open to receive comments from its licensees and the public.
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