(a) A licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent, including a controlled substance, in the practice of optometry if
(1) the pharmaceutical agent
(A) is prescribed and used for the treatment of ocular disease or conditions, ocular adnexal disease or conditions, or emergency anaphylaxis;
(B) is not a schedule IA, IIA, or VIA controlled substance; however, notwithstanding this subparagraph, a licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent containing hydrocodone;
(C) is prescribed in a quantity that does not exceed four days of prescribed use if it is a controlled substance;
(D) is not injected into the ocular globe of the eye; and
(E) is not a derivative of clostridium botulinum; and
(2) the licensee
(A) has a physician-patient relationship, as defined by the board in regulations adopted under this chapter, with the person to whom the pharmaceutical agent is prescribed; and
(B) has on file with the department the licensee's current federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number that is valid for the controlled substance prescribed or used.
(b) [Repealed, Sec. 7 ch 27 SLA 2010].
(c) [Repealed, Sec. 7 ch 27 SLA 2010].
(d) In this section, "controlled substance" has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900 .
Section: 08.72.272 08.72.273 08.72.274 08.72.275 08.72.280 08.72.290 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016