As Amended
SEC. 73-19-161. Referral of patient to licensed physician when patient not responding to treatment.
If a patient of any optometrist who is certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents is not responding to the prescribed treatment within the normal response time for the condition being treated, in the optometrist's professional judgment, the optometrist shall immediately refer such patient to a licensed physician for such additional treatment as may be needed.
SOURCES: Laws, 1994, ch. 573, Sec. 7, eff from and after July 1, 1994