California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 7 — OptometryArticle 3 — Admission to PracticeSection 3041.1
An optometrist diagnosing or treating eye disease shall be held to the same standard of care to which physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and surgeons are held. An optometrist shall consult with and, if necessary, refer to a physician and surgeon or other appropriate health care provider when a situation or condition occurs that is beyond the optometrists’s scope of practice. Consultations, referrals, and notifications required by this section shall be documented in the patient record.
Notes
Requires an optometrist diagnosing or treating eye disease to meet the same standard of care applied to physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and surgeons. When a situation or condition exceeds the optometrist’s scope, the optometrist must consult with and, if necessary, refer to an appropriate provider, and must document required consultations, referrals, and notifications in the patient record.
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