154.10 - STANDARD OF CARE.
154.10 STANDARD OF CARE.
1. A diagnostically certified licensed optometrist employing
diagnostic pharmaceutical agents as authorized by section 154.1 shall
be held to the same standard of care in the use of such agents and in
diagnosis as is common to persons licensed under chapter 148 in this
state.
2. A therapeutically certified optometrist employing
pharmaceutical agents as authorized by section 154.1 shall be held to
the same standard of care in the use of such agents and in diagnosis
and treatment as is common to persons licensed under chapter 148 in
this state. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 154.10] Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 248, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1088,
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