Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 32 - Professions and Occupations

CHAPTER 16 - OPTOMETRY
Article 1 - General Provisions
32-1701 - Definitions
32-1702 - Board of optometry; appointment; qualifications; term; removal
32-1703 - Organization of board; compensation; immunity
32-1704 - Powers and duties of the board
32-1705 - Board of optometry fund
32-1706 - Use of pharmaceutical agents

Article 2 - Licensing
32-1721 - Persons and acts not affected by this chapter
32-1722 - Qualifications of applicant; applications
32-1723 - Reciprocity
32-1724 - Examination of applicants; time of examination
32-1725 - Issuance of license
32-1726 - Renewal of license; continuing education; failure to renew
32-1727 - Fees
32-1728 - Pharmaceutical agents; certification; use; course of study; fee

Article 3 - Regulation
32-1741 - Practicing optometry without a license prohibited
32-1742 - Registering with board; public registry file
32-1743 - Grounds for censure, civil penalty, probation, suspension, revocation, denial or renewal of license
32-1744 - Board investigations; duty to report violations; hearing; decision of board
32-1746 - Confidentiality of records
32-1747 - Right to examine and copy evidence
32-1748 - Reinstatement; definition
32-1749 - Judicial review
32-1750 - Allegations sufficient to charge violation
32-1751 - Injunctive relief
32-1752 - Violation; classification
32-1753 - Practice designation; definition

Article 4 - Referral
32-1761 - Referral of patient to licensed physician required on finding of certain symptomatic conditions

Article 5 - Replacement Soft Contact Lenses
32-1771 - Definitions
32-1772 - Exemptions
32-1773 - Registration of nonresident dispensers; qualifications; fee
32-1774 - Dispensing replacement soft contact lenses by qualified dispensers; prescriptions; filling

Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4: Commerce, Professions and Occupations
Chapter 21 Board of Optometry

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Historical Note

Adopted effective February 2, 2008