Section 338.274. Emergency treatment plan.

(1) An emergency treatment plan for the management and referral of patients who experience an adverse drug reaction shall include the names of not less than 3 physicians, physician clinics, or hospitals to which the optometrist agrees to refer patients who  experience   an  adverse  drug reaction. At least 1  of   the    physicians shall  be  skilled  in  the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the   eye   or   the named physician clinic or hospital shall specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye. An optometrist may substitute the  patient's   primary care physician for a physician named in the plan, but shall not substitute the patient's primary care physician for a physician named in the plan who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye.

(2) A licensee shall not be certified as qualified to administer topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents or to administer  and  prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents unless  the  plan  is   approved   by  the board.

History: 1985 AACS; 1995 AACS.