Oregon Statutes - Chapter 683 - Optometrists; Opticians - Section 683.010 - Definitions for ORS 683.010 to 683.310.

As used in ORS 683.010 to 683.310, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Board” means the Oregon Board of Optometry.

(2) “Optometric nontopical formulary” means the list of nontopical pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of diseases of the human eye and the protocols for their usage adopted by the Council on Optometric Nontopical Formulary under ORS 683.240 (2).

(3) “Practice of optometry” means the employment of any means other than invasive or laser surgery, or the prescription of Schedule I and II drugs or pharmaceutical agents that are not on the optometric nontopical formulary, for diagnosis and treatment in the human eye, for the measurement or assistance of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodative and refractive states of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or the adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof, subject to the limitations of ORS 683.040.

(4) “Trial frames” or “test lenses” means any frame or lens used in testing the eye which is not sold and not for sale. [Amended by 1971 c.102 §1; 1975 c.175 §1; 1989 c.443 §1; 1991 c.904 §4; 1991 c.967 §1; 2001 c.632 §1]

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